The Birth of the American Horror Film
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-3086-9 (ISBN)
Although early cinema has long been a key area of research in film studies, the origin and development of the horror film has been a neglected subject for what is arguably one of the world’s most popular film genres. Using thousands of primary sources and long-unseen illustrations, The Birth of the American Horror Film examines a history that begins in colonial Salem, taking an interdisciplinary approach to explore the influence of horror-themed literature, theatre and visual culture in America, and how that context established an amorphous structural foundation for films produced between 1895 and 1915. Exhaustively researched, bridging scholarship on Horror Studies and Early Cinema, The Birth of the American Horror Film is the first major study dedicated to this vital but often overlooked subject.
Gary D. Rhodes, Ph.D., currently serves as Postgraduate Director for Film Studies at the Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the author of Lugosi (1997), White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film (2002), Emerald Illusions: The Irish in Early American Cinema (2012) and The Perils of Moviegoing in America (2012). Rhodes is also the writer-director of the documentary films Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997) and Banned in Oklahoma (2004). Currently he is at work on a history of the American horror film to 1915, as well as a biography of William Fox.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Literature
Chapter 2: Theatre
Chapter 3: Visual Culture
Chapter 4: Moving Pictures
Chapter 5: Devils
Chapter 6: Witches
Chapter 7: Ghosts
Chapter 8: Supernatural Creatures
Chapter 9: Death, Murder, and Execution
Chapter 10: Evolution and Devolution
Chapter 11: The Other(s)
Chapter 12: The Powers of the Mind
Chapter 13: Mad Scientists
Chapter 14: American Literature Onscreen
Chapter 15: Exhibition and Reception
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.03.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 113 colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 172 x 244 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-3086-4 / 1474430864 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-3086-9 / 9781474430869 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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