{"product_id":"of-mud-and-flame-a-pendas-fen-sourcebook-9781907222689","title":"Of Mud and Flame: A Penda's Fen Sourcebook","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring \u003ci\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/i\u003e, a 1974 BBC film that achieved mythic status.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, the BBC broadcast the film \u003ci\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/i\u003e, leaving audiences mystified and spellbound. \"Make no mistake. We had a major work of television last night,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/i\u003e has now become totemic for those interested in Britain's deep history, folklore, and landscape. \u003ci\u003eOf Mud and Flame\u003c\/i\u003e brings together writers, artists, and historians to excavate and explore this unique cornerstone of Britain's uncanny archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors include\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Rudkin, Sukhdev Sandhu, Roger Luckhurst, Gareth Evan, Adam Scovell, Bethany Whalley, Carl Phelpstead, David Ian Rabey, David Rolinson, Craig Wallace, Daniel O'Donnell Smith, William Fowler, Yvonne Salmon, Andy W. Smith, Carolyne Larrington, John Harle, Timothy J. Jarvis, Tom White, Daniel Eltringham, Joseph Brooker, Gary Budden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Harle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907222689","brand":"Strange Attractor Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45398284730505,"sku":"9781907222689","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a9eac897-be60-4402-8927-6ded59845479.jpg?v=1773728736","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/of-mud-and-flame-a-pendas-fen-sourcebook-9781907222689","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}