Victoria, Queen of the Screen: From Silent Cinema to New Media

ISBN-13: 9781476679044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 249 str.

Leigh Ehlers Telotte

Opis

Examines the evolution of Queen Victoria's on-screen image. From the satirical cartoons and silent films of the 19th century to the television shows, video games and webcomics of the 21st, it demonstrates how the protean Victoria character has evolved, ultimately meaning many different things to many different people in many different ways.

Spis treści

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments—vi
• Preface—1
• Introduction: The Real and the Reel Victoria—3
• 1. Queen Victoria on the Silent Screen—11
• 2. Of War and Empire—36
• 3. Of Love and Obsession—62
• 4. Victoria Is Amused—91
• 5. Victoria Rules the Small Screen—103
• 6. Transformations of Victoria Into the 21st Century—137
• Appendix: Select Filmography—149
• Chapter Notes—195
• Works Cited 215
• Index—225