Touchstones of Gothic Horror
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2010
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4782-4 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4782-4 (ISBN)
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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.
Gothic cinema, typified by the films of Universal, Hammer, Amicus and Tigon, grew out of an aesthetic that stretches back to the eighteenth century and beyond, even to Shakespeare. 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.
Gothic cinema, typified by the films of Universal, Hammer, Amicus and Tigon, grew out of an aesthetic that stretches back to the eighteenth century and beyond, even to Shakespeare. 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.
David Huckvale has worked as a researcher, writer and presenter for BBC Radio and as a lecturer for various universities in England. He lives in rural Bedfordshire.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Stairways to Hell
2. Sturm und Drang
3. Ruins
4. Municipal Sublimity
5. Heaving Cleavage
6. Living Pictures
INTERLUDE. Werewolves
7. Ornate Coffins
8. Hegelian Horrors
9. Ancient Egypt
10. The Occult
11. Satire
Chapter Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.8.2010 |
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Zusatzinfo | 117 photographs |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 181 x 253 mm |
Gewicht | 520 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-4782-6 / 0786447826 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-4782-4 / 9780786447824 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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