The Butcher Boy (Paperback)

Colin McCabe

ISBN 10: 1859182860 / ISBN 13: 9781859182864

Published by Cork University Press, Cork, 2007

About this Item

Paperback. "The Butcher Boy" is perhaps the finest film to have come out of Ireland. Although it marks a clear break with the more banal canons of realism, it is nonetheless the most realistic of Irish films. It engages with the society and culture of modern Ireland with a wit and ferocity that denies the viewer any easy moral position. Cinema is often thought of as a purely visual art, but this film is adapted from a groundbreaking novel by a filmmaker who is himself a writer of prose fiction. In this present study, Colin MacCabe examines the process by which fiction becomes film, and writing becomes image. "The Butcher Boy" is perhaps the finest film to have come out of Ireland. Cinema is often thought of as a purely visual art, but this film is adapted from a groundbreaking novel by a filmmaker who is himself a writer of prose fiction. This study examines the process by which fiction becomes film, and writing becomes image. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Butcher Boy (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cork University Press, Cork
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859182860
• ISBN 13: 9781859182864
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

* Lucid and accessible style makes the series appealing to the general reader

* Liberally illustrated throughout with stills from the film under discussion

* Collaboration between Cork University Press and the Film Institute of Ireland.



"The Butcher Boy" is perhaps the finest film to have come out of Ireland. Although it breaks clearly with the banal canons of realism, it is nonetheless the most realistic of Irish films. It engages with the society and culture of modern Ireland with a wit and ferocity that denies the viewer any easy moral position. Cinema is often thought of as a purely visual art, but this film is adapted from a groundbreaking novel by a filmmaker who is himself a writer of prose fiction. In this present study, Colin MacCabe examines the process by which fiction becomes film, and writing becomes image. The book places "The Butcher Boy" in the overall context of Neil Jordan's career, and analyzes the trajectory between his international and national films.

About the Authors

Colin MacCabe is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. His books include "James Joyce and the Revolution of the Word," "Godard: Images, Sounds, Politics," "Tracking the Signifier," and "Diary of a Young Soul Rebel" (with Isaac Julien). He is also editor of "Signs of the Times: Introductory Readings in Textual Semiotics"; "The Talking Cure: Essays in Psychoanalysis and Language, High Theory/Low Culture"; "The Linguistics of Writing, Futures for English"; and "James Joyce: New Perspectives." He is also an editor of the journal Critical Quarterly.

Keith Hopper teaches Literature and Film Studies for Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education and for St Clare’s International College, Oxford. He is general editor of the Ireland into Film series (2001-2007).

Gráinne Humphreys is image editor for the Series. She is Head of Education at the Irish Film Institute.