Revolutionary Romanticism and Cinema: Country, Land, People

Dave, Paul

This book stages an encounter between romanticism in post-war and contemporary cinema and trends in historical materialism associated with revolutionary romantic historiography. Focused primarily on British cinema and examples of Hollywood cinema with significant relationships to British and English culture and history, it is loosely configured around three key emblematic motifs - country, land, people – that are simultaneously core values and rallying cries of distinctive varieties of conservative, restitutionist and revolutionary romanticism. The book seeks to establish the continuing relevance of the revolutionary romantic critique of capitalist modernity to contemporary political concerns such as the fate of the proletariat, populism, Brexit post-nationalism, ecocide and the Anthropocene.

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Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2020-11-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030596453

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59646-0

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 128