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German film is enjoying enormous levels of success, whether success is defined in terms of financial returns, popularity with audiences at home and abroad or critical acclaim. The 2000s saw German productions become regular guests at all the major international film festivals, from Sundance to Tokyo, winning awards across the globe. As such, and as reviewers are keen to point out, the German industry appears to be reaching once again the aesth...

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Before the fall of the Berlin Wall many East German writers were praised in the Western world as dissident voices of truth, bravely struggling with the draconian constraints of living under the GDR's communist regime. However, since unification, Germany has been rocked by scandals showing the level to which the Stasi, the East German Secret Police, controlled these same writers. This is the first study in English to systematically explore how ...

This book provides a unique examination of the way Europe's past is represented on contemporary screens and what this says about contemporary cultural attitudes to history. How do historical dramas come to TV and cinema screens across Europe? How is this shaped by the policies and practices of cultural institutions, from media funding boards to tourist agencies and heritage sites? Who watches these productions and how are they consumed in cine...

Tracing George du Maurier¿s role as a participant in the wider cultural life of his time, this collection restores him to his status as a major Victorian figure. The contributors consider du Maurier as an artist and illustrator, novelist, and contributor to mid- and late Victorian culture. Taken together, the essays highlight du Maurier¿s diverse achievements and make a case for his enduring significance.

Judas is the story of Paul Cooke, a gifted rugby league player who enjoyed Challenge Cup glory and a Grand Final appearance at Hull FC on the west side of the city's rugby league divide, but then caused outrage and provoked hatred when he walked out of the club to join his boyhood favourites and bitter rivals Hull Kingston Rovers.

In Bright Sparks, read all about ideas that will make your head spin.

Before the fall of the Berlin Wall many East German writers were praised in the Western world as dissident voices of truth, bravely struggling with the draconian constraints of living under the GDR's communist regime. However, since unification, Germany has been rocked by scandals showing the level to which the Stasi, the East German Secret Police, controlled these same writers. This is the first study in English to systematically explore how ...

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Re-examines German cinema's representation of the Germans as victims during the Second World War and its aftermath.