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The E-BNR aims to build a comprehensive & unique cross-artform guide to
the British neo-Romantic tradition,
from 1880 to the present day.
While the British Romantics of 1789-1824 have spawned a vast industry of
publishers, conferences & tourism, the later neo-Romantic traditions
remain largely neglected. The E-BNR is aimed at bringing this hidden
tradition to light.
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WHAT IS NEO-ROMANTICISM ?
Neo-Romantic artists have drawn their inspiration
from artists of the age of Romanticism or earlier.
Characteristic themes in their work include a
mystical approach to the British landscape...
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ENTRY: Lean, David
Sir David Lean (b. March 25, 1908 – d. April 16, 1991) was a British
film director
Lean was born in Croydon, Surrey, and started work at the bottom, as a clapperboard assistant.
By 1930 he was working as an editor on newsreels, including Gaumont Pictures and
Movietone. His career in feature films began with Escape Me Never in 1935.
In the early 1940s he was a film editor for Powell & Pressburger.
Early notable Lean films are the sublimely English domestic dramas This Happy Breed (1944) and
Brief Encounter (1945). These were followed by two celebrated Charles Dickens
adaptations of Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), the latter
with a stiring score by romantic composer Arnold Bax. Lean went on to make
the sweeping epics for which he is best known, Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
and Doctor Zhivago (1965).
It is the deep sense of emotion-in-landscape, and the score, that marks out Great Expectations (1946) as
a neo-romantic film.
Further reading:
Kevin Brownlow. David Lean (1997)
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