David Pirie's acclaimed 'A Heritage of Horror' was the first book on the British horror movie, and the first to detect and analyse the roots of British horror, identifying it as 'the only staple cinematic myth which Britain can properly claim as its own.' It has long been regarded as a trail-blazing classic, "having the force of a revelation," according to one recent study of the subject, and heralded by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese. Now with 'A New Heritage of Horror', David Pirie has revised his original work, bringing the story up to date and into the 21st century. Alongside the...
David Pirie's acclaimed 'A Heritage of Horror' was the first book on the British horror movie, and the first to detect and analyse the roots of Britis...
First published in 1982. In this study of Wordsworth s major poetry, the author explores the conflict between the poet s celebration of an impersonal earth and his concern for the most intensely personal relationships. The opening chapter concentrates on Wordsworth s struggle to describe the natural world and the extraordinary claims he makes for the natural landscape which are shown to derive not from vague mysticism but precisely articulated common sense. The close readings of "Michael, The Idiot Boy, Tintern Abbey" and "The Ruined Cottage," and poems as passages on solitaries are...
First published in 1982. In this study of Wordsworth s major poetry, the author explores the conflict between the poet s celebration of an imperson...
