Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman

Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9781317145158
ISBN-13 : 1317145151
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman by : Vincent L. Barnett

The first full-length study of the authorial and cross-media practices of the English novelist Elinor Glyn (1864-1943), Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman examines Glyn’s work as a novelist in the United Kingdom followed by her success in Hollywood where she adapted her popular romantic novels into films. Making extensive use of newly available archival materials, Vincent L. Barnett and Alexis Weedon explore Glyn’s experiences from multiple perspectives, including the artistic, legal and financial aspects of the adaptation process. At the same time, they document Glyn’s personal and professional relationships with a number of prominent individuals in the Hollywood studio system, including Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg. The authors contextualize Glyn’s involvement in scenario-writing in relationship to other novelists in Hollywood, such as Edgar Wallace and Arnold Bennett, and also show how Glyn worked across Europe and America to transform her stories into other forms of media such as plays and movies. Providing a new perspective from which to understand the historical development of both British and American media industries in the first half of the twentieth century, this book will appeal to historians working in the fields of cultural and film studies, publishing and business history.

Off to the Pictures

Off to the Pictures
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9780748694891
ISBN-13 : 0748694897
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Off to the Pictures by : Lisa Stead

Examines womens constructions of selfhood through film and literature in interwar BritainOff to the Pictures: Cinemagoing, Womens Writing and Movie Culture in Interwar Britain offers a rich new exploration of interwar womens fictions and their complex intersections with cinema. Interrogating a range of writings, from newspapers and magazines to middlebrow and modernist fictions, the book takes the reader through the diverse print and storytelling media that women constructed around interwar film-going, arguing that literary forms came to constitute an intermedial gendered cinema culture at this time.Using detailed case studies, this innovative book draws upon new archival research, industrial analysis and close textual readings to consider cinemas place in the fictions and critical writings of major literary figures such as Winifred Holtby, Stella Gibbons, Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Elinor Glyn, C. A. Lejeune and Iris Barry. Through the lens of feminist film historiography, Off to the Pictures presents a bold new view of interwar cinema culture, read through the creative reflections of the women who experienced it.

Feminist Activism, Travel and Translation Around 1900

Feminist Activism, Travel and Translation Around 1900
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9783031427633
ISBN-13 : 3031427637
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Feminist Activism, Travel and Translation Around 1900 by : Johanna Gehmacher

This open access book takes the biographical case of German feminist Käthe Schirmacher (1865–1930), a multilingual translator, widely travelled writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a disputatious activist to examine the travel and translation of ideas between the women’s movements that emerged in many countries in the late 19th and early 20th century. It discusses practices such as translating, interpreting, and excerpting from journals and books that spawned and supported transnational civic spaces and develops a theoretical framework to analyse these practices. It examines translations of literary, scholarly and political texts and their contexts. The book will be of interest to academics as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of modern history, women’s and gender history, cultural studies, transnational and transfer history, translation studies, history and theory of biography.

Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing

Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 9781137495129
ISBN-13 : 113749512X
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing by : Deborah Jermyn

This book studies the relationship between women, ageing and celebrity. Focusing on an array of case studies and star/celebrity images, it aims to examine the powerful, contradictory and sometimes celebratory ways in which celebrity culture offers a crucial site for the contemporary and historical construction of discourses on ageing femininities.

Authors and Adaptation

Authors and Adaptation
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9783031468223
ISBN-13 : 3031468228
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Authors and Adaptation by : Annie Nissen

When Women Wrote Hollywood

When Women Wrote Hollywood
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9781476632773
ISBN-13 : 1476632774
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis When Women Wrote Hollywood by : Rosanne Welch

This collection of 23 new essays focuses on the lives of female screenwriters of Golden Age Hollywood, whose work helped create those unforgettable stories and characters beloved by audiences--but whose names have been left out of most film histories. The contributors trace the careers of such writers as Anita Loos, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Lillian Hellman, Gene Gauntier, Eve Unsell and Ida May Park, and explore themes of their writing in classics like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Ben Hur, and It's a Wonderful Life.

The Bars of Iron

The Bars of Iron
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 9789360469269
ISBN-13 : 9360469262
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bars of Iron by : Ethel M. Dell

"The Bars of Iron" by means of Ethel M. Dell is a compelling story that weaves together elements of romance, drama, and human resilience. Ethel M. Dell, recognized for her skill in crafting emotionally charged narratives, gives you a tale that explores the complexities of affection and the iconic strength of the human spirit. The narrative unfolds around the character of Juliet Ferrars, a female whose life takes a dramatic flip when her father's financial downfall leads her to simply accept a function as a governess. As she navigates the demanding situations of her new role, Juliet encounters the enigmatic and brooding Martin Lorimer, a man pressured with the aid of his beyond and the metaphorical 'bars of iron' that constrain his heart. The novel takes readers on a journey through the intricacies of human relationships, societal expectancies, and the transformative electricity of love. Ethel M. Dell's storytelling is marked through a keen understanding of human feelings, and he or she explores issues of redemption, sacrifice, and the indomitable nature of the human will. Set towards a backdrop of early twentieth-century England, "The Bars of Iron" is a poignant exploration of the barriers that people assemble round their hearts and the profound effect of breaking loose from those self-imposed constraints.

The Hundredth Chance

The Hundredth Chance
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 449
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547336341
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Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hundredth Chance by : Ethel M. Dell

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Hundredth Chance" by Ethel M. Dell. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Developing a Sense of Place

Developing a Sense of Place
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 1787357767
ISBN-13 : 9781787357761
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Developing a Sense of Place by : Tamara Ashley