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Of Mud and Flame: A Penda's Fen Sourcebook

Of Mud and Flame: A Penda's Fen Sourcebook

Harle, Matthew
Machin, James

Paperback

TelevisionFilm StudiesGLBTQIA Studies

ISBN10: 1907222685
ISBN13: 9781907222689
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Published: Dec 31 2019
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Exploring Penda's Fen, a 1974 BBC film that achieved mythic status.

In 1974, the BBC broadcast the film Penda's Fen, leaving audiences mystified and spellbound. Make no mistake. We had a major work of television last night, The Times declared the next morning. Written by the playwright and classicist David Rudkin, the film follows Stephen, an 18-year-old boy, whose identity, sexuality, and suffocating nationalism unravels through a series of strange visions. After its original broadcast, Penda's Fen vanished into unseen mythic status, with only a single rebroadcast in 1990 sustaining its cult following. With a DVD release by the BFI in 2016, Penda's Fen has now become totemic for those interested in Britain's deep history, folklore, and landscape. Of Mud and Flame brings together writers, artists, and historians to excavate and explore this unique cornerstone of Britain's uncanny archive.

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