Introduction: authorship, creativity, and personal cinema
Origins of a problematic: the Campion family
The "tragic underbelly" of the family: fantasies of transgression in the early films
Living in the shadow of the family tree: Sweetie
"How painful it is to have a family member with a problem like that": authorship as creative adaptation in An angel at my table
Traumas of separation and the encounter with the phallic other: The piano
The misfortunes of an heiress: The portrait of a lady
Exacting revenge on "cunt men": Holy smoke as sexual fantasy
"That which terrifies and attracts simultaneously": Killing daddy in the cut
Lighting a lamp: loss, art, and transcendence in The water diary and Bright star
Conclusion: theorizing the personal component of authorship.
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Jane Campion : authorship and personal cinema by Alistair Fox. ISBN 9780253223012. Published by Indiana University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
