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Lost objects of desire : the performances of Jeremy Irons / Mark Nicholls.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholls, Mark Desmond.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irons, Jeremy, 1948---Criticism and interpretation.
- Irons, Jeremy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons concentrates on his key performances and acting style. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons's career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them: an emblematic figure of the 1980s and 1990s presented as an alternative to the action hero or the common man. Using clear explanations of complex theoretical ideas, this book investigates Jeremy Irons's performances through the
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Imogen, narcissism and the intolerable idea
- Brideshead revisited: Charles Ryder drowning in honey
- The French lieutenant's woman: Charles Smithson
- Beyond the pale and Mike beyond the run
- Swann in love: exceptional feelings
- Dead ringers: The flight from strange and unloved women
- M. Butterfly: Rene Gallimard and the flair for melodrama
- Lolita: the two basic laws of totemism.
- Notes:
- Includes filmography.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613814890
- 9781282254244
- 1282254243
- 9780857454447
- 0857454447
- OCLC:
- 804662777
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