Green and Pagan Land

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Green and Pagan Land

Myth, Magic and Landscape in British Film and Television

Film: styles and genres Film, television, radio genres: Science fiction, fantasy and horror Literature: history and criticism

Author: David Huckvale

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Language: English

Published by: McFarland

Published on: 2nd January 2018

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 227 pages

ISBN: 9781476629933


British Literature and Cultural Themes

British literature often refers to pagan and classical themes through richly detailed landscapes that suggest more than a mere backdrop of physical features. The myth-inspired writings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Algernon Blackwood, Aleister Crowley, Lord Dunsany and even Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows informed later British films and television dramas such as The Owl Service (1969-70), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), The Wicker Man (1973), Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).

Analysis of Landscape in Media

The author analyzes the evocative language and esthetics of landscapes in literature, film, television and music, and how "psycho-geography" is used to explore the influence of the past on the present.

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