Forrest / Vice Barry Hines

<i>Kes</i>, <i>Threads</i> and beyond
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2374-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

This is the first full-length critical study of the work of Barry Hines, best know as the author of A Kestrel for a Knave

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forrest, David

Vice, Sue

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Tony Garnett
Introduction: Kes, Threads and beyond
1 Poetry with purpose and the journey to Kes: Billy’s Last Stand, The Blinder, A Kestrel for a Knave and Kes
2 The politics of hope in 1970s Britain: First Signs, Speech Day, The Gamekeeper, Tom Kite, The Price of Coal
3 Thatcherism and South Yorkshire: Looks and Smiles, Unfinished Business, Fun City, Threads
4 Imagining post-industrial Britain: The Heart of It, the miners’ strike plays, Looking at the Sun, Shooting Stars, Born Kicking, Elvis Over England
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vice Sue:
Sue Vice is Professor of English Literature at the University of SheffieldDavid Forrest is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies in the School of English at the University of Sheffield

Sue Vice is Professor of English Literature in the School of English at the University of Sheffield