A Mirror for England

Raymond Durgnat''s classic study of British films from the 1940s to the 1960s, first published in 1970, remains one of the most important books ever written on British cinema. In his introduction, Kevin Gough-Yates writes: ''Even now, it astounds by its courage and its audacity; if you think you have an ''original'' approach to a filmor a director''s work and check it against A Mirror for England,...