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Gibbons, Luke

The quiet man / Luke Gibbons - Cork : Cork University Press in association with the Film Institute of Ireland, [2002] - 121 p. : ill. ; 19 cm - Ireland into film ; 6 .

Includes bibliographical references

Much of Irish cinema since the development of an indigenous film industry in the 1980s has set its face firmly against these mythic images of Ireland, but no film has yet attained the enduring appeal of "The Quiet Man." In this radical reappraisal of Ford's Oscar-winning film, Luke Gibbons traces its development from Maurice Walsh's original story (1933) and argues that its romantic excesses are a symptom of much darker undercurrents in the literary text, and the displacement of trauma that often underlies nostalgia. Moreover, Gibbons ably demonstrates how the film, rather than indulging in escapism, actually questions its own romantic illusions and the dream of returning to an Irish paradise lost

ISBN: 9781859182871 9781859182871 £7.95

Subjects--Personal Names:
Walsh, Maurice, 1879-1964. Quiet man --Criticism and interpretation
Ford, John, 1895-1973 --Criticism and interpretation

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Quiet man (Motion picture)
Quiet man (Motion picture)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Film history, theory & criticism