Title A state of play : British politics on screen, stage and page, from Anthony Trollope to The thick of it / Steven Fielding.

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London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	FC; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Depicting Democracy; 1 Parliament Worship; 2 Disappointing Democracy; 3 The People's War and After; 4 Imagining the Post-War Consensus; 5 The Established Order Undermined; 6 The Televised Crisis; 7 Yes, Conspirator; 8 Still No Job for a Lady; 9 A Thick Ending; Epilogue: What Would Plato Say?; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	A State of Play explores how the British have imagined their politics, from the parliament worship of Anthony Trollope to the cynicism of The Thick of It . In an account that mixes historical with political analysis, Steven Fielding argues that fictional depictions of politics have played an important but insidious part in shaping how the British think about their democracy and have helped ventilate their many frustrations with Westminster. He shows that dramas and fictions have also performed a significant role in the battle of ideas, in a way undreamt of by those who draft party manifestos.
Local Note	Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Open Access
Subject	English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	English literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
	Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
	Politicians in literature.
	Politicians in motion pictures.
	Politics in literature.
	Politics in motion pictures.
	Politics on television.
	Television programs -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
	British & Irish history.
	Literary studies: from c 1900.
	Film, TV & radio.
	Theatre studies.
	Politics & government.
	ART -- Reference.
	ART -- Performance.
	English literature. (OCoLC)fst00911989
	Motion pictures -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01027353
	Politicians in literature. (OCoLC)fst01069949
	Politicians in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01904304
	Politics in literature. (OCoLC)fst01896084
	Politics in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01896085
	Politics on television. (OCoLC)fst01941541
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term	1900-2099
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
ISBN	9781472545015 (online)
	9781780933160 (paperback)
	9781849669788 (hardback)
	9781849669801 (ePub)
	9781849669818 (PDF)
	147254501X
	1849669805
	9781849669801

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