Look back in unease: Nigel Kneale and social realist horror
Book chapter
Cottis, D. 2025. Look back in unease: Nigel Kneale and social realist horror. in: Johnston, D. (ed.) Nigel Kneale and Horror: Medium, Culture, Time and Genre Liverpool, UK Liverpool University Press. pp. 167-186
| Chapter title | Look back in unease: Nigel Kneale and social realist horror |
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| Authors | Cottis, D. |
| Abstract | As well as his work in the horror and science-fiction genres, Nigel Kneale was also the screenwriter for two social realist films based on plays by John Osborne: Look Back in Anger (1958, based on 1956 play) and The Entertainer (1959, based on 1957 play). Critics have tended to view these as outliers within Kneale's work. My contention is that they share many characteristics with his genre work, which is in a tradition that I refer to as social realist horror. |
| Keywords | Nigel Kneale; John Osborne; Look Back in Anger; The Entertainer |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 4 Quality education |
| Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
| Page range | 167-186 |
| Book title | Nigel Kneale and Horror: Medium, Culture, Time and Genre |
| Editors | Johnston, D. |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Place of publication | Liverpool, UK |
| Series | Hidden Horror Histories |
| ISBN | |
| Hardcover | 9781836243519 |
| Electronic | 9781836243656 |
| Electronic | 9781836243748 |
| Copyright Year | 2025 |
| Publication dates | |
| 01 Apr 2025 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 03 May 2023 |
| Deposited | 24 Apr 2025 |
| Output status | Published |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Restricted |
| Web address (URL) | https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836243519 |
| Language | English |
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