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Hand, Richard J. [Author]; McRoy, Jay [Author] ; Aldana Reyes, Xavier [Contributor]; Benson, Josef [Contributor]; Danahay, Martin [Contributor]; D’Arcy, Geraint [Contributor]; Hand, Richard J. [Contributor]; Hart, Adam Charles [Contributor]; Hock Soon Ng, Andrew [Contributor]; Koven, Mikel J. [Contributor]; McRoy, Jay [Contributor]; Neibaur, James L. [Contributor]; Powell, Anna [Contributor]; Raw, Laurence [Contributor]; Roth, Elaine [Contributor]; Smith, Andy W. [Contributor]; Watson, Thomas Joseph [Contributor]

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Gothic Film : An Edinburgh Companion
  • Contains: 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
  • Contributor: Hand, Richard J. [Author]; Aldana Reyes, Xavier [Contributor]; Benson, Josef [Contributor]; Danahay, Martin [Contributor]; D’Arcy, Geraint [Contributor]; Hand, Richard J. [Contributor]; Hart, Adam Charles [Contributor]; Hock Soon Ng, Andrew [Contributor]; Koven, Mikel J. [Contributor]; McRoy, Jay [Author]; McRoy, Jay [Contributor]; Neibaur, James L. [Contributor]; Powell, Anna [Contributor]; Raw, Laurence [Contributor]; Roth, Elaine [Contributor]; Smith, Andy W. [Contributor]; Watson, Thomas Joseph [Contributor]
  • Published: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
  • Published in: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic ; ECG
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (256 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9781474448055
  • ISBN: 9781474448055
  • Identifier:
  • Keywords: Horror films History and criticism ; Literary Studies ; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: 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 and AdaptationsProvides major new appraisals of key works alongside neglected topicsThis anthology explores the resilience and ubiquity of the Gothic in cinema from its earliest days to its most contemporary iterations. Fifteen newly commissioned chapters by prominent scholars in the field of Gothic and cinema studies examine the myriad ways that filmmakers mobilise Gothic conceits across multiple film genres and in conjunction with several significant film styles. In the process, the book contributes exciting new readings of canonical works of Gothic cinema as well as important new critical examinations of emerging horror subgenres
  • Access State: Restricted Access | Information to licenced electronic resources of the SLUB