Gothic Film : : An Edinburgh Companion /

Gothic Film : : An Edinburgh Companion / / Richard J. Hand, Jay McRoy.

Explores Gothic and horror film from early cinema to the presentOffers essays exploring Gothic film in the widest possible range of contextsExtends the field of Gothic film by spanning diverse historical periods, international contexts and (sub)genresStructured into 3 sections on History, Traditions...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
VerfasserIn:
Hand, Richard J.,
McRoy, Jay,
MitwirkendeR:
Aldana Reyes, Xavier,
Benson, Josef,
Danahay, Martin,
D’Arcy, Geraint,
Hand, Richard J.,
Hart, Adam Charles,
Hock Soon Ng, Andrew,
Koven, Mikel J.,
McRoy, Jay,
Neibaur, James L.,
Powell, Anna,
Raw, Laurence,
Roth, Elaine,
Smith, Andy W.,
Watson, Thomas Joseph,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2020
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic : ECG
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • PART I GOTHIC FILM HISTORY
  • 1. Gothic Cinema during the Silent Era
  • 2. ‘So why shouldn’t I write of monsters?’: Defining Monstrosity in Universal’s Horror Films
  • 3. Film Noir and the Gothic
  • 4. Transitional Gothic: Hammer’s Gothic Revival and New Horror
  • 5. Gothic Cinema from the 1970s to Now
  • PART II GOTHIC FILM ADAPTATIONS
  • 6. Danny’s Endless Tricycle Ride: The Gothic and Adaptation
  • 7. Jekyll and Hyde and Scopophilia
  • 8. Gothic Parodies on Film and Personal Transformation
  • 9. The Gothic Sensorium: Affect in Jan Švankmajer’s Poe Films
  • 10. Dracula in Asian Cinema: Transnational Appropriation of a Cultural Symbol
  • PART III GOTHIC FILM TRADITIONS
  • 11. The Italian Gothic Film
  • 12. Gothic Science Fiction
  • 13. American Gothic Westerns: Tales of Racial Slavery and Genocide
  • 14. This Is America: Race, Gender and the Gothic in Get Out (2017)
  • 15. ‘Part of my soul did die when making this film’: Gothic Corporeality, Extreme Cinema and Hardcore Horror in the Twenty-First Century
  • Filmography and Other Media
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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