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Berghahn Books Lost Objects Of Desire The Performances of Jeremy Irons 2012 Edition by Mark Nicholls
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 lens of sexual inversion and social rebellion, to uncover an entirely original but recognizable screen type. Table of contents :- IntroductionChapter 1. Imogen, Narcissism and the Intolerable IdeaChapter 2. Brideshead Revisited: Charles Ryder Drowning in HoneyChapter 3. The French Lieutenant's Woman: Charles Smithson; Beyond the Pale and Mike Beyond the RunChapter 4. Swann in Love: Exceptional FeelingsChapter 5. Dead Ringers: The Flight from Strange and Unloved WomenChapter 6. M. Butterfly: Rene Gallimard and the Flair for MelodramaChapter 7. Lolita: The Two Basic Laws of TotemismBibliographyFilmographyNotesIndex