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  • Frankenstein Retold

    Literary Adaptation in Contemporary Fiction

    Serier serie Gothic Legacies
    Placing Frankenstein in the critical frameworks of book history and secondary authorship, this book explores the increasing array of book-based reworkings of, and sequels to, the novel that up to this point, have been largely ignored. Covering novels, novellas and short stories across a range of genres from romance to YA fiction, Frankenstein Retold examines a broad range of these texts in ... Læs mere

    813,55 kr.

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  • Horror

    A Very Short Introduction

    af Darryl Jones ...
    Serier serie Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Four o'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and still there's no way we're going to sleep, not after the film we just saw. The book we just read. Fear is one of the most primal human emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? It seems almost mad that we would frighten ourselves for fun, and ... Læs mere

    62,80 kr.

  • Horror

    af Brigid Cherry ...
    Serier serie Routledge Film Guidebooks
    Horror cinema is a hugely successful, but at the same time culturally illicit genre that spans the history of cinema. It continues to flourish with recent cycles of supernatural horror and torture porn that span the full range of horror styles and aesthetics. It is enjoyed by audiences everywhere, but also seen as a malign influence by others.In this Routledge Film Guidebook, audience researcher ... Læs mere

    300,30 kr.

  • The Modern Myths

    Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination

    af Philip Ball ...
    An epic study of classic novels, comics, and B-movies—and what they reveal about the nature of humanity in the modern age."Ball does an impressive job with the literary histories behind each iconic title, assembling a set of origin stories rich in cultural history and imagination. . . . To Ball, mythic writing is where the conditions of irrationality, superstition, and enchantment persist: forms ... Læs mere

    118,86 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Short Story

    A Very Short Introduction

    af Andrew Kahn ...
    Serier serie Very Short Introductions
    What defines a modern short story is much more than a question of length. Despite the efforts of early pioneers like Edgar Allan Poe, the genre was originally synonymous with the anecdote or tale and seen more as entertainment than art. However it has become far more than that, and this Very Short Introduction considers afresh the form's ongoing innovations in plot construction, capacity for ... Læs mere

    62,80 kr.

  • David Cronenberg

    Author or Filmmaker?

    af Mark Browning ...
    For more than thirty years, David Cronenberg has made independent films such as Scanners and A History of Violence which aim to disturb, surprise, and challenge audiences. He has also repeatedly drawn on literary fiction for inspiration, adapting themes from authors like William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, and Patrick McGrath for the big screen; David Cronenberg: Author or Filmmaker? is the first ... Læs mere

    251,53 kr.

  • A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock

    Redigeret af Thomas Leitch, Leland Poague ...
    The most comprehensive volume ever published on Alfred Hitchcock, covering his career and legacy as well as the broader cultural and intellectual contexts of his work.Contains thirty chapters by the leading Hitchcock scholarsCovers his long career, from his earliest contributions to other directors’ silent films to his last uncompleted last filmDetails the enduring legacy he left to filmmakers and ... Læs mere

    380,49 kr.

  • 21st-Century Gothic

    Great Gothic Novels Since 2000

    Redigeret af professor Danel Olson ...
    Selected by a poll of more than 180 Gothic specialists (creative writers, professors, critics, and Gothic Studies program developers at universities), the fifty-three original works discussed in 21st-Century Gothic represent the most impressive Gothic novels written around the world between 2000-2010. The essays in this volume discuss the merits of these novels, highlighting the influences and key ... Læs mere

    749,70 kr.

  • Horror Film

    A Critical Introduction

    af Murray Leeder ...
    Serier serie Film Genres
    Throughout the history of cinema, horror has proven to be a genre of consistent popularity, which adapts to different cultural contexts while retaining a recognizable core. Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, the newest in Bloomsbury's Film Genre series, balances the discussions of horror's history, theory, and aesthetics as no introductory book ever has. Featuring studies of films both obscure ... Læs mere

    191,86 kr.

  • The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein

    Redigeret af Andrew Smith ...
    Serier serie Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein consists of sixteen original essays on Mary Shelley's novel by leading scholars, providing an invaluable introduction to Frankenstein and its various critical contexts. Theoretically informed but accessibly written, this volume relates Frankenstein to various social, literary, scientific and historical contexts, and outlines how critical theories such as ... Læs mere

    275,11 kr.

  • J. G. Ballard

    Serier serie Modern Masters of Science Fiction
    Prophetic short stories and apocalyptic novels like The Crystal World made J. G. Ballard a foundational figure in the British New Wave. Rejecting the science fiction of rockets and aliens, he explored an inner space of humanity informed by psychiatry and biology and shaped by surrealism. Later in his career, Ballard's combustible plots and violent imagery spurred controversy--even legal action- ... Læs mere

    105,86 kr.

  • The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley

    Redigeret af Esther Schor ...
    Serier serie Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Known from her day to ours as 'the Author of Frankenstein', Mary Shelley indeed created one of the central myths of modernity. But she went on to survive all manner of upheaval - personal, political, and professional - and to produce an oeuvre of bracing intelligence and wide cultural sweep. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley helps readers to assess for themselves her remarkable body of work. ... Læs mere

    275,11 kr.