Books by Stephen Glynn

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of the sport of boxing as depicted in British film.

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of British football as depicted on film.

A work of social and film history, The British Horseracing Film demonstrates how the so-called "sport of kings" functions as an accessible institutional structure through which to explore cinematic discussions about the British nation-but also, and equally, national approaches to British cinema.

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of British football as depicted on film.

Through close textual and contextual analysis of British films spanning a century, this book explores how pupils, teachers and secondary education in general have been represented on the British screen.

The first detailed examination of the place of pop music film in British cinema, Stephen Glynn explores the interpenetration of music and cinema in an economic, social and aesthetic context through case studies ranging from Cliff Richard to The Rolling Stones, and from The Beatles to Plan B.

Dubbed 'the Citizen Kane of juke-box movies' and recently given a high-profile release on a two-disc DVD, 'A Hard Day's Night', directed by Richard Lester and produced by United Artists, is viewed by Stephen Glynn as that rare event - a cheap exploitation movie that has entered the cultural canon.