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This book explores the history of Cornwall‘s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark books. Innovative new research looking at amateur film and newsreels, avant-garde and documentary works alongside mainstream popular film and television. 7 b&w and 13 col. illus.



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‘.. rock solid. Her eclectic multi-disciplinary approach is just right for the subject. […] The chapter outline is impressive and comprehensive’
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Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: A Journey into Cornwall
1 Landscape, Region and the Moving Image
2 The Outsider and the View: Travel, Tourism and Film
3 Screen Fictions
4 The ‘Real’ Cornwall
5 A Different View
Notes
Filmography
Television Programmes
Bibliography
Index

Picturing Cornwall Landscape Region and the

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      Publisher University of Exeter Press
      Published 30 September 2018
      ISBN-13 9780859890779
      978-0859890779
      ISBN-10 859890775

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book explores the history of Cornwall‘s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark books. Innovative new research looking at amateur film and newsreels, avant-garde and documentary works alongside mainstream popular film and television. 7 b&w and 13 col. illus.



      Trade Review

      Endorsement:
      ‘.. rock solid. Her eclectic multi-disciplinary approach is just right for the subject. […] The chapter outline is impressive and comprehensive’
      Professor Helen Taylor, University of Exeter



      Table of Contents

      List of Figures
      Preface
      Introduction: A Journey into Cornwall
      1 Landscape, Region and the Moving Image
      2 The Outsider and the View: Travel, Tourism and Film
      3 Screen Fictions
      4 The ‘Real’ Cornwall
      5 A Different View
      Notes
      Filmography
      Television Programmes
      Bibliography
      Index

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