Part One Contexts Setting out the terrain: Genre
and history Setting out the terrain: Technologies, technicians and
stars Part Two
Belle Epoque Mania: Paris, the Provinces and Biopics Belle Epoque
films: An overview Parisian society of the Belle Epoque through
film Truth and lies and the pursuit of marriage: Love-intrigues
outside Paris Making li(v)es: Belle Epoque biopics
Part Three
Representing History: Epics, Courtesans and Master Narratives
1796-1888 Setting the terrain: France 1796-1888 Representing
History: 1796-1814 Napoléon Bonaparte/Napoleon Restoration-July
Monarchy: 1814-1848 Epic Grandeur: Part One, Philanthropists Epic
Grandeur: Part Two, Avengers From the Second and the Third
Republic: Innovation, Corruption and New Identities The Second
Empire in the Pink The Second Empire in the Raw From Empire to
Republic: A Modernised France Emerging Censoring the Classics:
Bel-Ami Louis Daquin (1954; released 1957) Part
Four
Fairytales, Foxy Women and Swashbuckling Heroes Costume Drama from
late-Medieval to the Eighteenth Century: An Overview Mysterious
Microcosms: Three Fairytales Foxy Women: Queens, Mistresses and
Minxes Swashbuckling Heroes Conclusion
Susan Hayward's principal areas of research are French film studies and French cultural studies. Her approach is interdisciplinary, cross-fertilising between film studies, critical theory, television studies, video practice and cultural studies. She is the editor of Studies in French Cinema, also published by Intellect (2001).
"This may be the best film book of the year, and it is certainly the most minutely researched."--Choice-- "Choice" (6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
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