Acknowledgements

Introduction: England, their England

Chapter One: The Uses of Literature: Adaptation and Englishness in the 1930s
'Sound, Censorship and 'Better Pictures'
'Properly English and Properly Dickensian': David Copperfield (1935)
'The Best Possible Literature': A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Literature at War: Wuthering Heights (1939) and Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Chapter Two: Abstractions of Empire: Filming British Imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s
'Ruling and Protecting These Countless Millions': Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
'One of the Most Distinguished Events in History': The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
'Delightfully Evil in the Fascist Sense': Gunga Din (1939)
Empire Films and World War II

Chapter Three: Ideology and Adventure: the post-war Swashbuckler Film
'A Nation Divided': Ivanhoe (1952)
'Under Banners Unknown': Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Chapter Four: Cosmopolitanism and the Cold War: Historical Epics in the 1950s and 1960s
'A Show on Film': Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
'The Magic of Distant Places': Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Chapter Five: Boom and Bust: The English Past in the Swinging Sixties
'A Living Past': Tom Jones (1963) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
'Intimate Spectacle': Becket (1964) and Anne of the 1000 Days (1969)
Manhattan Transfer: My Fair Lady (1964) and Camelot (1967)

Chapter Six: Intimations of Quality: English Heritage and the 'Specialty' Film the 1980s and 1990s
'A Holiday Out of Time': Heritage Film and American Indies
'Films of Consequence': Heritage Goes to Hollywood
'An Emotional Event': the Rise of Miramax

Chapter Seven: Pirates, Wizards and Wardrobes: The English Past in the Contemporary Family Film
Licensing the Past: Intellectual Property, Conglomeration and the Franchise Boom
Fantastic Rebates and Where to Find Them: Global Production and Incentive Schemes

Conclusion: An Available Past

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