Of Mud and Flame: A Penda's Fen Sourcebook

by Gary Budden and Timothy J. Jarvis

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907222685
• ISBN13: 9781907222689
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher