Off to the Pictures explores interwar womens fictions and their complex intersections with cinema, arguing that literary forms constituted an intermedial gendered cinema culture. It draws on new archival research, industrial analysis, and close textual readings to consider cinemas place in the fictions and critical writings of major literary figures.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2018
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Off to the Pictures: Cinemagoing, Women's Writing, and Movie Culture in Interwar Britain is a captivating exploration of interwar women's fictions and their intricate connections with cinema. It delves into a diverse range of writings, including newspapers, magazines, and middlebrow and modernist fictions, to reveal the multifaceted print and storytelling media that women created around interwar film-going. The book argues that literary forms became an intermedial, gendered cinema culture during this period. Through detailed case studies, Off to the Pictures draws upon new archival research, industrial analysis, and close textual readings to examine cinemas' place in the fictions and critical writings of prominent literary figures such as Winifred Holtby, Stella Gibbons, Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Elinor Glyn, C. A. Lejeune, and Iris Barry. By adopting a feminist film historiography lens, the book offers a fresh perspective on interwar cinema culture, highlighting the creative reflections of the women who experienced it.

Off to the Pictures: Cinemagoing, Women's Writing, and Movie Culture in Interwar Britain

Off to the Pictures: Cinemagoing, Women's Writing, and Movie Culture in Interwar Britain is a captivating exploration of interwar women's fictions and their intricate connections with cinema. It delves into a diverse range of writings, including newspapers, magazines, and middlebrow and modernist fictions, to reveal the multifaceted print and storytelling media that women created around interwar film-going. The book argues that literary forms became an intermedial, gendered cinema culture during this period. Through detailed case studies, Off to the Pictures draws upon new archival research, industrial analysis, and close textual readings to examine cinemas' place in the fictions and critical writings of prominent literary figures such as Winifred Holtby, Stella Gibbons, Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Elinor Glyn, C. A. Lejeune, and Iris Barry. By adopting a feminist film historiography lens, the book offers a fresh perspective on interwar cinema culture, highlighting the creative reflections of the women who experienced it.

Weight: 362g
Dimension: 156 x 232 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474431910