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Cinema, Literature & Society - Elite and Mass Culture in Interwar Britain (Paperback)
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Cinema, Literature & Society - Elite and Mass Culture in Interwar Britain (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Cinema
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During the interwar period cinema and literature seemed to be at
odds with each other, part of the continuing struggle between mass
and elite culture which so worried writers such as Aldous Huxley,
T.S. Eliot and the Leavises. And this cultural divide appeared to
be sharp evidence of a deeper struggle for control of the nation's
consciousness, not only between dominant and oppositional elements
within Britain, but between British and American vales as well. On
the one hand, films like Sing As We Go, Proud Valley, and The Stars
Look Down consolidated the assumptions about the existence of a
national rather than separate class identities. On the other hand,
working-class literature such as Love on the Dole articulated
working-class experience in a manner intended to bridge the gap
between the 'Two Englands'. This book, originally published in
1987, examines how two of the most significant cultural forms in
Britain contributed indirectly to the stability of Britain in the
interwar crisis, helping to construct a new class alliance. A major
element in the investigation is an analysis of the mechanics of the
development of a national cultural identity, alongside separate
working-class culture, the development of the lower-middle class
and the implications of the intrusion of Hollywood culture. The
treatment throughout is thematic rather than text-oriented - works
of Graham Greene, George Orwell, Bert Coombes, Evelyn Waugh, the
British Documentary Film Movement and Michael Balcon are included
in the wide range of material covered.
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