Songs of love and death : the classical American horror film of the 1930s
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Songs of love and death : the classical American horror film of the 1930s
(Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 37)
Greenwood Press, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-200) and index
Filmography: p. [191]
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines eleven horror films in-depth and their relationships to Romantic Gothic literary conventions--mainly, but not solely, found in works dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To illustrate the use of these conventions in film, Michael Sevastakis analyzes shots from scenes and sequences of all films discussed. Due to the large quantity of horror films produced during this period, the films in this book have been selected on the basis of their supernatural and preternatural content, and upon four conventions predicated on fictional literary models dealing with the villain-hero as Necrophile, Modern Prometheus, Symbol of Destiny, and Tormented Hero. These four sections comprise eleven chapters; in addition, there is an introduction and conclusion.
Some of the movies that are discussed include Tod Browning's Dracula (1931), and Devil Doll (1936), Karl Freund's The Mummy (1932), and Mad Love (1935), James Whale's Frankenstein (1931), and The Invisible Man (1933),Erle Kenton's Island of Lost Souls (1933), Ruben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), abd Lambert Hillyer's Dracula's Daughter (1936).
Table of Contents
Dracula: The Amorous Death The Mummy: Through Centuries of Love White Zombie: "Death and Love Together Mated" Frankenstein: Are Men Not Gods? Island of Lost Souls: The Eden of the Grand Guignol Bride of Frankenstein: A Friend for the Enemy of God The Invisible Man: "A Reign of Terror" The Devil Doll: "Three Lives Must Pay" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Beast in the Man Mad Love: Torture by Obsession Dracula's Daughter: Vampirism as Psychosis Conclusion Bibliography Index
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