{"product_id":"9783319894072","title":"Biography and History in Film","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in the History of the Media\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBiography and History in Film\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas S. Freeman | David L. Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Social History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume seek to analyze biographical films as representations of historical individuals and the times in which they lived. To do this, contributors examine the context in which certain biographical films were made, including the state of knowledge about their subjects at that moment, and what these films reveal about the values and purposes of those who created them. This is an original approach to biographical (as opposed to historical) films and one that has so far played little part in the growing literature on historical films. The films discussed here date from the 1920s to the 2010s, and deal with males and females in periods ranging from the Middle Ages to the end of the twentieth century. In the process, the book discusses how biographical films reflect changing attitudes towards issues such as race, gender and sexuality, and examines the influence of these films on popular perceptions of the past. The introduction analyses the nature of biographical filmsas a genre: it compares and contrasts the nature of biography on film with written biographies, and considers their relationship with the discipline of history. As the first collection of essays on this popular but understudied genre, this book will be of interest to historians as well as those in film and cultural studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas S. Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Essex, UK. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eReligion and the Book in Early Modern England: the Making of Foxe’s ‘Book of Martyrs’\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).  He is also the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Tudors and Stuarts on Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and four other volumes on early modern English history.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid L. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Fellow, Director of Studies in History, and Graduate Tutor at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, UK.  His books include \u003ci\u003eConstitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649 \u003c\/i\u003e(1994),\u003ci\u003e A History of the Modern British Isles, 1603-1707\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and (with Patrick Little) \u003ci\u003eParliaments and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate \u003c\/i\u003e(2007).     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 October 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783319894072\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324112601228,"sku":"9783319894072","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319894072.jpg?v=1783552834","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319894072","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}