David Annwn Jones

Re-envisaging the First Age of Cinematic Horror, 1896-1934

Quanta of Fear

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This is a ground-breaking exploration that runs generally against the critical grain in identifying a burgeoning production of films of fear and horror before the admission of the horror film genre per se. It is a study that reveals and emphasises the formative and innovative power of film, from Georges Méliès's Le Manoir du Diable (1896) to Edgar G. Ulmer's superbly reflexive The Black Cat (1934). With its focus on twenty-one key films, and referencing other relevant productions, the present study involves an inclusive and sensitive approach. It reveals an awareness of the heterogeneity of horror production with the discussion spanning the p… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78683-337-2
EAN: 9781786833372
Produktnummer: 29370180
Verlag: University of Wales Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 7'906 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

David Annwn Jones lectures for the Open University in Leeds and Manchester; he is a critic, poet, playwright and acknowledged authority on the phantasmagoria magic lantern-show.