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Maurice
- Title
- Maurice / David Greven.
- Author
- Greven, David
- Publication
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
- ©2023
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- Description
- xix, 183 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Maurice, James Ivory's 1987 adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel, follows an Edwardian man's journey from the awakening of his desire and love of men to self-acceptance. One of the most politically resistant films of the 1980s, Maurice dared to depict a young man's coming-out story and a happy ending for its lovers, Maurice and Alec. James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, a couple whose cinema is synonymous with period film adaptation, released Maurice during the first AIDS decade, a time of flagrant transatlantic homophobia. Criticism following its release described Ivory as a superficial and staid director, while the film was received as a regression to the uncinematic and overly faithful style that characterized the early adaptations by Merchant Ivory Productions. Offering a close reading of Forster's novel and an analysis of Ivory's distinctive visual style, Richard Robbins's indelible score, and the performances of James Wilby, Hugh Grant, and Rupert Graves, David Greven argues that the film is a model of sympathetic adaptation. This study champions the film as the finest of the Merchant Ivory works, making a case for Ivory's underappreciated talents as a director of great subtlety and intelligence, and for the film as one worth recuperating from its detractors. Understanding Maurice as a fully realized work of art and adaptation, this volume offers insight into how a stunning novel of gay love became a classic of queer film."--
- Series Statement
- Queer film classics
- Uniform Title
- Queer film classic.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Film criticism.
- Gay films.
- LGBTQ+ films.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-175) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Call Number
- MFLP (Maurice) 23-4615
- ISBN
- 9780228018773
- 0228018773
- 9780228018780
- 0228018781
- OCLC
- 1371665740
- Author
- Greven, David, author.
- Title
- Maurice / David Greven.
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Queer film classicsQueer film classic.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-175) and index.
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Greven, David. Maurice. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023 0228019176 9780228019176 (OCoLC)1371665784
- Research Call Number
- MFLP (Maurice) 23-4615