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Author : Simone Meier
Release : 2006
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Book Synopsis The Frankenstein Myth in Literature and Film by : Simone Meier
Download or read book The Frankenstein Myth in Literature and Film written by Simone Meier. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Caroline Joan S. Picart
Release : 2012-02-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Remaking the Frankenstein Myth on Film by : Caroline Joan S. Picart
Download or read book Remaking the Frankenstein Myth on Film written by Caroline Joan S. Picart. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on films outside the horror genre, this book offers a unique account of the Frankenstein myth's popularity and endurance. Although the Frankenstein narrative has been a staple in horror films, it has also crossed over into other genres, particularly comedy and science fiction, resulting in such films as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bladerunner, and the Alien and Terminator film series. In addition to addressing horror's relationship to comedy and science fiction, the book also explores the versatility and power of the Frankenstein narrative as a contemporary myth through which our deepest attitudes concerning gender (masculine versus feminine), race (Same versus Other), and technology (natural versus artificial) are both revealed and concealed. The book not only examines the films themselves, but also explores early drafts of film scripts, scenes that were cut from the final releases, publicity materials, and reviews, in order to consider more fully how and why the Frankenstein myth continues to resonate in the popular imagination.
Author : Chris Baldick
Release : 1990
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis In Frankenstein's Shadow by : Chris Baldick
Download or read book In Frankenstein's Shadow written by Chris Baldick. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the early history of one of our most important modern myths: the story of Frankenstein and the monster he created from dismembered corpses, as it appeared in fictional and other writings before its translation to the cinema screen. It examines the range of meanings whichMary Shelley's Frankenstein offers in the light of the political images of `monstrosity' generated by the French Revolution. Later chapters trace the myth's analogues and protean transformations in subsequent writings, from the tales of Hoffmann and Hawthorne to the novels of Dickens, Melville,Conrad, and Lawrence, taking in the historical and political writings of Carlyle and Marx as well as the science fiction of Stevenson and Wells. The author shows that while the myth did come to be applied metaphorically to technological development, its most powerful associations have centred onrelationships between people, in the family, in work, and in politics.
Author : Radu Florescu
Release : 1999-05-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 537/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Search of Frankenstein by : Radu Florescu
Download or read book In Search of Frankenstein written by Radu Florescu. This book was released on 1999-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the link between Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and the history and myth surrounding the German barons Frankenstein...who inhabited castle Frankenstein on the top of Magnet Mountain near Darmstadt from the early Middle ages? From the most bizarre myths that surround the Frankenstein story, to the forces that were at work during the rainy summer of 1816 when Mary Shelley devised her tale, and the legacy of Frankenstein in print, in film and on stage, Professor Florescu leaves no stone unturned in his search for this legendary monster.
Author : Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Release : 2007-10-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Frankenstein by : Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Download or read book Frankenstein written by Susan Tyler Hitchcock. This book was released on 2007-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively history of the Frankenstein myth, illuminated by dozens of pictures and illustrations, is told with skill and humor. Hitchcock uses film, literature, history, science, and even punk music to help readers understand the meaning of this monster made by man.
