Books written by Peter William Evans

Affairs to Remember: The Hollywood Comedy of the Sexes

... Touch of Mink ( 1962 ) , Cathy Timberlake ( Doris Day ) hits upon the strategy of confessing the unspeakable : ' I have an uncle who's a socialist .
Biblical Epics: Sacred Narrative in the Hollywood Cinema

The book examines the impact of religion, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender on this complex genre, within the context of American history.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

In his foreword to this new edition, Evans reflects upon Women on the Verge in the light of Almodóvar's subsequent films, and the impact of Carmen Maura's performance as Pepa on the representation of women in Spanish cinema.
Top Hat

Top Hat is the first volume to spotlight this classic Hollywood film, probing the musical genre, notions of romance and subjectivity, as well as the contested relations between the sexes.
Written on the Wind

Incorporating original archival research, Peter William Evans examines the production, promotion and reception of Written on the Wind, exploring its themes – of time, memory, space, family, class and sex – as well as its brilliance of ...
Carol Reed

Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration.
Conflicts of Discourse: Spanish Literature in the Golden Age

Conflicts of Discourse: Spanish Literature in the Golden Age
Carol Reed

This major study ranges over British director Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works.
From Golden Age to Silver Screen: The Comedia on Film

From Golden Age to Silver Screen: The Comedia on Film
Top Hat

Peter William Evans's immensely readable volume uses this paradigmatic fi lm to explore the musical genre, notions of romance and subjectivity, and the contested relations between the sexes, all set against the social-political backdrop ...
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Peter William Evans. THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA BLOOMSBURY is a trademark of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in 1996 by ...
Written on the Wind

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Challenges to Authority: Fiction and Film in Contemporary Spain

Challenges to Authority: Fiction and Film in Contemporary Spain
Las películas de Luis Buñuel: la subjetividad y el deseo

Y de ahi igualmente que, mediante el estudio tanto de su tendencia hacia la transgresion como de su precario estatus de exiliado, Evans conceda la misma importancia a la totalidad de su obra, desde los denostados melodramas mexicanos de la ...
MULHERES A BEIRA DE UM ATAQUE DE NERVOS

Ainda um dos filmes de maior sucesso de público, crítica e bilheteria já realizados na Espanha, 'Mulheres à beira de um ataque de nervos', de 1988, de Pedro Almodóvar, é...
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Acknowledgments -- 1. Synopsis -- 2. Comedy and Melodrama -- 3. Men and Women -- 4. Carmen Maura -- 5. Closure -- Notes -- Credits -- References.
Luis Bunuel: New Readings

(OUP, 1995) (translated into Spanish as Las películas de Luis Buñuel: la subjetividad y el deseo, Paidós, 1998). He has recently completed a book on Bigas Luna's Jamón jamón (Paidós) and is writing another on Carol Reed (Manchester ...
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Acknowledgments -- 1. Synopsis -- 2. Comedy and Melodrama -- 3. Men and Women -- 4. Carmen Maura -- 5. Closure -- Notes -- Credits -- References.
The Films of Luis Buñuel: Subjectivity and Desire

This is a major new study of the films of Luis Bunuel, Surrealist scourge of the bourgeoisie and enduring influence on European cinema. Uniquely, the book offers an extended analysis...
Luis Bunuel: New Readings

This text ranges widely over key films and moments from stages of Luis Bunuel's career. It locates and re-appraises Bunuel's films with particular emphasis on the national cinemas and varied cultures with which he was identified.