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The literary monster on film : five nineteenth century British novels and their cinematic adaptations / Abigail Burnham Bloom.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.M6 B56 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloom, Abigail Burnham.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monsters in motion pictures.
- Monsters in literature.
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- English fiction--19th century--Film adaptations.
- English fiction.
- Film adaptations--History and criticism.
- Film adaptations.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
- Summary:
- "Monsters in novels were connected with the protagonist, representative of a character's personal failings and failings of society. Film adaptations depict the creatures as engaging in senseless violence, suggesting a fear of the uncontrollable. This dichotomy is analyzed through examinations of Frankenstein, Dracula, She, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Island of Dr. Moreau"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Creator and monster. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (1818)
- Frankenstein, dir. James Whale (1931)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, dir. Kenneth Branagh (1994)
- The duality of good and evil. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dir. John S. Robertson (1920)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dir. Rouben Mamoulian (1931)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dir. Victor Fleming (1941)
- Beauty and eternal life. She, by H. Rider Haggard (1887)
- She, dir. Lansing C. Holden and Irving Pichel (1935)
- She, dir. Robert Day (1965)
- Man and animal. The island of Dr. Moreau, by H. G. Wells (1896)
- Island of lost souls, dir. Erle C. Kenton (1933)
- The island of Dr. Moreau, dir. Don Taylor (1977)
- The island of Dr. Moreau, dir. John Frankenheimer (1996)
- Vampire and victim. Dracula, by Bram Stoker (1897)
- Nosferatu, dir. F. W. Murnau (1922)
- Dracula, dir. Tod Browning (1931)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula, dir. Francis Ford Coppola (1992)
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786442614
- 0786442611
- OCLC:
- 601049999
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