Richard J. (Hrsg.) Hand

Monstrous adaptations

Generic and thematic mutations in horror film

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The fifteen groundbreaking essays contained in this book address the concept of adaptation in relation to horror cinema. Adaptation is not only a key cultural practice and strategy for filmmakers, but it is also a theme of major importance within horror cinema as a whole. Horror film's history is full of adaptations that have drawn from fiction or folklore, or that have assumed the shape of remakes of pre-existing films. The horror genre itself however, also abounds with its own myriad transformations and transmutations. The essays within this volume engage with an impressive range of horror texts, from the earliest silent horror films by Tho… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: McRoy, Jay (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-7190-7603-9
EAN: 9780719076039
Produktnummer: 23499891
Verlag: Manchester University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 274 S.
Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.8 cm 482 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 482

Über den Autor

Richard J. Hand is Reader in Theatre and Media at the University of Glamorgan in Wales. Jay McRoy is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside