The philosophy of David Cronenberg / edited by Simon Riches.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riches, Simon, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cronenberg, David, 1943---Criticism and interpretation.

Cronenberg, David.

Cronenberg, David, 1943-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vi, 224 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2012]

Contents:

1 The Fly and the Human: Ironies of Disgust / Colin McGinn

2 Tragedy and Terrible Beauty in Two Recent Cronenberg Films / Cynthia A. Freeland

3 Cronenberg as Scientist: Anti-essentialism, Sex as Remixing, and the View from Nowhere / Peter Ludlow

4 What happens to Brundle? Problems of Teleportation and Personal Identity in The Fly / Paul Snowdon

5 eXistenZial Angst / Duncan Pritchard

6 Freaks of Nature: Extra-Sensory Perception and the Paranormal in the Films of David Cronenberg / Keith Allen

7 Deception and Disorder: Unraveling Cronenberg's Divided Minds / Simon Riches

8 Psychological Determinism in the Films of David Cronenberg / Daniel C. Shaw

9 Self-Creation, Identity and Authenticity: A Study of A History of Violence and Eastern Promises / Daniel Moseley

10 The Fiction of Truth in Fiction: Some Reflections on Semantics and eXistenZ / Graham Stevens

11 Re(ct)ifying Empty Speech: Cronenberg and the Problem of the First Person / Brook W. R. Pearson

12 The Politics of Mad Science in The Fly and Dead Ringers / R. Barton Palmer

13 From 'Impassioned Morality' to 'Bloodless Agnosticism': A Philosophy of David Cronenberg Through the Burroughs/Ballard Axis / Jones Irwin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813136042

0813136040

9780813136172

0813136172

9780813140605

0813140609

OCLC:

757463422