Research Catalog

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Description

1. xvi, 170 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

1. Exploring how the Gothic has been deployed in contemporary films, Lisa Hopkins surveys a broad range of productions & offers a new way of understanding the relationship between film and the Gothic.

Subject

1. English literature > History and criticism
2. Gothic revival (Literature) > Great Britain
3. English literature > Adaptations > History and criticism
4. Horror tales, English > Film adaptations
5. English literature > Film adaptations
6. Horror films > History and criticism
7. Film adaptations > History and criticism
8. Film adaptations
9. Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique
10. Littérature anglaise > Adaptations > Histoire et critique
11. Littérature anglaise > Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées
12. Films d'horreur > Histoire et critique
13. Adaptations cinématographiques
14. Littérature frénétique > Grande-Bretagne
15. Récits d'horreur anglais > Adaptations cinématographiques
16. Adaptations cinématographiques > Histoire et critique
17. English literature
18. Gothic revival (Literature)
19. Horror films
20. Horror tales, English
21. Englisch
22. Gothic novel
23. Schauerliteratur
24. Verfilmung
25. Horrorfilm
26. Great Britain

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. Film adaptations.
3. Adaptations cinématographiques.

Contents

1. Gothic revenants : a tale of three Hamlets -- Putting the gothic in : Clarissa, Sense and sensibility, Mansfield Park, and The time machine -- Taking the gothic out : 'tis pity she's a whore, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The woman in white, and Lady Audley's secret -- Fragmenting the gothic : Jane Eyre and Dracula -- Gothic and the family : The mummy returns, Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone, and The lord of the rings, The fellowship of the ring.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-165) and index.