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Biography and History in Film

Name: Biography and History in Film
ISBN: 9783319894089

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Biography and History in Film

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The 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.

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Year

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Topic

Subtopic

Index

Index

A

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Acheson, Dean

Acton, Sir John

Acts of the Apostles

Adolphus, Gustavus

Aeschylus

Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Albert, Prince Consort

Alexander VI, Pope

Alfonso VI

Ali (2001)

Allen, Irvin

Allen, William

Allen, Woody

Alleyn, Edward

All the President’s Men (1976)

All the Way (2016)

A Man for all Seasons (1966)

Amistad (1997)

Amundsen, Roald

Al-Mu’tamin ibn Hud, Yusef

Al-Qadir

anachronism

Anderson, Judith

Annales School

Anonymous (2011)

Asprey, Charlotte

Atkins, Fred

authenticity

historical accuracy

autobiography

A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings (1760)

De Profundis (1897)

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1862)

Interesting Narrative (1789)

Thoughts and Sentiments (1787)

B

Babington, Sir Anthony

Babington Plot

Babington Plotters

Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Bacon, Sir Francis

Bad and the Beautiful (1953)

Balcon, Sir Michael

Ball, Charles

Barrie, J.M.

Barzman, Ben

Bateman, Tom

Baudricourt, Robert de

Bay of Pigs

Behold a Pale Horse (1964)

Belafonte, Harry

Ben Hur (1959)

Ben Yusuf (Yusuf ibn Tashfin)

Benny Goodman Story (1955)

Bernhardt, Sarah

Bersey, Geoffrey

Bertram, Colin

Biffen, John

biography

and hagiography, boundary between

biographical accuracy

biographical approach

biographical documents

biographical films

biographical method

biographies

of Oscar Wilde

biopics

collective biography

life histories

memoirs

Birth of a Nation (1915)

Black Legend

Black Power Movement

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