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Touchstones of gothic horror : a film genealogy of eleven motifs and images / David Huckvale.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.H6 H76 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huckvale, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Motion pictures and literature.
- Art and motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
- Summary:
- "This book explores the origin of Gothic cinema in art and literature, tracing its connection to the Gothic revival in architecture, the Gothic novel, landscape, ruins, Egyptology, occultism, sexuality, the mythology of werewolves, the philosophy of Hegel, and many other aspects of the Romantic and Symbolist movements"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Stairways to hell
- Sturm und drang
- Ruins
- Municipal sublimity
- Heaving cleavage
- Living pictures
- Interlude : werewolves
- Ornate coffins
- Hegelian horrors
- Ancient Egypt
- The occult
- Satire.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786447824
- 0786447826
- OCLC:
- 496518543
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