A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949)
Critical assessments of Robert Hamer’s Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) more often than not aim solely at discussing a larger cultural phenomenon, to wit, the Ealing Comedies and their impact on post-war Britain. Readings outside this paradigm are scarce. The film, however, engages with several issue...
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| description | Critical assessments of Robert Hamer’s Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) more often than not aim solely at discussing a larger cultural phenomenon, to wit, the Ealing Comedies and their impact on post-war Britain. Readings outside this paradigm are scarce. The film, however, engages with several issues the recent phenomena of neo-Victorian fiction and film consistently address. These are the relationship between the past and the present (as well as the capital role memory plays in it), nostalgia as the underlining desire for the new recasting of Victoriana, the reassessment of history through marginal and/or alternative identities, as well as the blatantly post-modern continuous deferral of meaning. This article explores these issues in order to inscribe the film within neo-Victorian aesthetics, not only to update the critical discourse about the film, but also to reveal what the film has to say about neo-Victorian culture.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c80871f73ce4c31bbd9bd7b513a9f2f2023-11-01T07:49:35ZengSvenska Arkeologiska SamfundetCurrent Swedish Archaeology1102-73552002-39012022-05-0121110.35360/njes.740A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949)Eduardo Valls Oyarzun0Complutense University of MadridCritical assessments of Robert Hamer’s Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) more often than not aim solely at discussing a larger cultural phenomenon, to wit, the Ealing Comedies and their impact on post-war Britain. Readings outside this paradigm are scarce. The film, however, engages with several issues the recent phenomena of neo-Victorian fiction and film consistently address. These are the relationship between the past and the present (as well as the capital role memory plays in it), nostalgia as the underlining desire for the new recasting of Victoriana, the reassessment of history through marginal and/or alternative identities, as well as the blatantly post-modern continuous deferral of meaning. This article explores these issues in order to inscribe the film within neo-Victorian aesthetics, not only to update the critical discourse about the film, but also to reveal what the film has to say about neo-Victorian culture. https://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/18887Ealing ComedyKind Hearts and Coronetsneo-Victorian fictionpost-war cinemahistory and memory |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Valls Oyarzun A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949) Current Swedish Archaeology Ealing Comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets neo-Victorian fiction post-war cinema history and memory |
| title | A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949) |
| title_full | A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949) |
| title_fullStr | A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949) |
| title_short | A Matter of Extreme Indelicacy: Neo-Victorian Critical Memory in <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i> (1949) |
| title_sort | matter of extreme indelicacy neo victorian critical memory in i kind hearts and coronets i 1949 |
| topic | Ealing Comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets neo-Victorian fiction post-war cinema history and memory |
| url | https://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/18887 |
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