ReFocus: The Films of William Wyler / / ed. by John Price.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Barrowman, Kyle,; Boumans, Etienne,; Donelan, Carol,
• HerausgeberIn: Price, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The American Directors Series : RFADS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 59 B/W illustrations

Examines the extensive and diverse oeuvre of American filmmaker William WylerExplores Wyler’s work in connection with current themes and topics in film studiesProvides cultural and political contexts for Wyler’s films, including representations of class, gender, and raceAssesses the relationship between classic Hollywood’s studio system and the auteur theory and Wyler’s hybrid influence on the history of cinemaIn his forty-five-year career, William Wyler not only traversed the silent and the sound eras, but also connected classic Hollywood to new

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: William Wyler—Chariot Races and Flower Shows -- Part I Style -- 1 Wyler’s Early Films: Evolution of the “Styleless Style” -- 2 More than Meets the Eye: Perspectives on William Wyler and the Auteur Theory -- 3 Traumatic History and the Prosthesis of Myth in Wyler’s -- 4 Persistent Presence: Space and Time in the Films of William Wyler -- Part II Collaboration, Genre, and Adaptation -- 5 Clash of the Titans: The Hidden Collaboration of William Wyler and David O. Selznick on Carrie (1952) -- 6 Narratives of Failure: Dead End (1937), The Desperate Hours (1955), and Gangsters in Distress -- 7 Wyler’s Wuthering Heights (1939): Genre, Transnationalism, and the Adaptation of the Victorian Novel -- Part III Gender and Sexuality -- 8 William Wyler’s The Heiress (1949) and the Unknown Woman 9 These Three: Wyler and his Two Adaptations of The Children’s Hour -- 9 These Three: Wyler and his Two Adaptations of The Children’s Hour -- Part IV War and Peace -- 10 A War of the People: Destruction, Community, and Hope in William Wyler’s Wartime Films -- 11 Turning the Other Cheek: Wyler’s Pacifism Trilogy—Friendly Persuasion (1956), The Big Country (1958), and Ben-Hur (1959) -- Part V Global Wyler -- 12 William Wyler’s Voyage to Italy: Roman Holiday (1953), Progressive Hollywood, and the Cold War -- 13 “Down Eros, Up Mars!”: Post-Colonialism, Imperial Violence, and the Corrupting Influence of Hate in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959) -- 14 “Life Isn’t Always What One Likes”: The Unbearable Lightness of Royalty, and Other Stereotypes in Roman Holiday (1953) -- Filmography -- Academy Awards for Acting under Wyler -- Index