Melanie Williams is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia

• Introduction1. Cutting and coward: David Lean’s early career and In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945)2. Nineteenth century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson’s Choice (1954)3. Women in love: Brief Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955)4. Men of Vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962)5. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan’s Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984)Select BibliographyIndex

This valuable and enjoyable book serves as a useful reminder for those of us exploring the obscurer reaches of British cinema that there are major landmarks out there which we would be unwise to ignore.

Melanie Williams is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia

• Introduction1. Cutting and coward: David Lean’s early career and In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945)2. Nineteenth century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson’s Choice (1954)3. Women in love: Brief Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955)4. Men of Vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962)5. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan’s Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984)Select BibliographyIndex

This valuable and enjoyable book serves as a useful reminder for those of us exploring the obscurer reaches of British cinema that there are major landmarks out there which we would be unwise to ignore.

Melanie Williams is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia

• Introduction1. Cutting and coward: David Lean’s early career and In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945)2. Nineteenth century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson’s Choice (1954)3. Women in love: Brief Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955)4. Men of Vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962)5. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan’s Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984)Select BibliographyIndex

This valuable and enjoyable book serves as a useful reminder for those of us exploring the obscurer reaches of British cinema that there are major landmarks out there which we would be unwise to ignore.