Fairytale and Gothic Horror - Uncanny Transformations in Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book explores the idiosyncratic effects generated as fairytale and gothic horror join, clash or merge in cinema. Identifying long-held traditions that have inspired this topical phenomenon, the book features close analysis of classical through to contemporary films. It begins by tracing fairytale and gothic origins and evolutions, examining the diverse ways these have been embraced and developed by cinema horror. It moves on to investigate films close up, locating fairytale horror, motifs and themes and a distinctively cinematic gothic horror. At the book's core are recurring concerns including: the boundaries of the human; rational and irrational forces; fears and dreams; 'the uncanny' and transitions between the wilds and civilization. While chronology shapes the book, it is thematically driven, with an interest in the cultural and political functions of fairytale and gothic horror, and the levels of transgression or social conformity at the heart of the films.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Laura Hubner
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	206
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-39346-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
LSN:	1-137-39346-7
Barcode:	9781137393463

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