December Bride (Ireland Into Film)
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Book Description
Sam Hanna Bell's debut novel (1951) about life in a tight-knit Presbyterian community in Northern Ireland, was adapted for the screen by David Rudkin and directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan in 1990.
Both as a novel and as a film, December Bride is a remarkable combination of passion and politics set against a rural backdrop of communal constraint and individual action. Visiually and thematically the film is a timely reinvestigation of Ulster Protestant history and culture, and in particular, reclaims a tradition of radical independent thought exemplified by the work of Sam Hanna Bell.
Drawing on previously unpublished archival material and new interviews, Lance Pettit explores the intricate relationship between novel, screenplay, and the wider film culture. December Bride is a consummate and provocative challenge to the politics of Irish society, its cinematic representations and the very process of film adaptation itself.
About the Author
Lance Pettitt is Senior Lecturer in Irish Studies at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, London and is the author of Screening Ireland: Film and Television Representation (2000). Keith Hopper is text editor for the Series. He is Senior Scholar at Kellogg College, Oxford. Gráinne Humphreys is image editor for the Series.Shee is Head of Education at the Irish Film Institute.
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