Screen LibraryExploring Downton Abbey : critical essays /
"This collection of new essays explores how a series about life in an early 20th century English manor home resonated with American audiences. Topics include the role of the house in literature and film, the changing roles of women and the servant class, the influence of jazz and fashion, and a...
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Jefferson, North Carolina : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This collection of new essays explores how a series about life in an early 20th century English manor home resonated with American audiences. Topics include the role of the house in literature and film, the changing roles of women and the servant class, the influence of jazz and fashion, and attitudes regarding education and the class system"--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 228 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780786476886 0786476885 |
| Index Number: | PN1992 |
| CLC: | J905.561 |
| Call Number: | J905.561/E967 |
| Contents: | "Even Elizabeth Bennet paid to see what Pemberley was like inside": The Manor House as character / Michael Samuel and Scott F. Stoddart -- Revisiting Gosford Park: Downton Abbey, American audiences and the British heritage genre / Gayle Sherwood Magee -- Series Two of Downton Abbey: War! What are we good for? / Elizabeth Fitzgerald -- "There's always something": Representing race in Downton Abbey / Jennifer Poulos Nesbitt -- Downton Abbey, the Jazz Age and adaptation to change / Ellen Hernandez -- "Not family friendly": Downton Abbey and the specter of male same-sex kissing / Anthony Guy Pat |