{"product_id":"gaslight-melodrama-guy-barefoot-9781474290357","title":"Gaslight Melodrama: From Victorian London to 1940s Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1945, a year when American crime films were apparently moving out on to the streets of contemporary Los Angeles and New York, one reviewer noted the emergence of a 'cycle of mystery and horror pictures placed in the gaslight era of the turn of the century.' For another critic, it seemed that for Hollywood there was 'no world of today save the world of London by gaslight'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGaslight Melodrama\u003c\/i\u003e, Guy Barefoot examines the films that gave rise to such comments, and the pattern of discourse that gave rise to such films. The book's main focus is provided by 1940s Hollywood melodramas such as \u003ci\u003eGaslight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHangover Square\u003c\/i\u003e. It also discusses a related cycle of British films that located murder and melodrama in Victorian or Edwardian settings, and then looks beyond cinema to the Gothic novels of the 18th century, 19th century discussions of gas lighting in street, home and theatre, and ambivalent 20th century responses to the Victorian era. Combining close analysis of particular film texts with attention to cinema's cultural context, \u003ci\u003eGaslight Melodrama\u003c\/i\u003e provides an exploration of the ways in which the past has been the site of contested meaning, and an examination of the network of melodramatic narratives embedded within familiar and lesser-known examples of classical Hollywood cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Barefoot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474290353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474290357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Guy Barefoot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123875705087,"sku":"9781474290357","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a623e1bc-ce7f-422c-b28d-291bddecee85.jpg?v=1687433405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gaslight-melodrama-guy-barefoot-9781474290357","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}