The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer, and Beyond
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“...Picart's scholarly electricity will make subjects and arguments come alive. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.”–Choice
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The Frankenstein narrative is one of cinema's most durable, and it is often utilized by the studio system and the most renegade independents alike to reveal our deepest aspirations and greatest anxieties. The films have concerned themselves with demarcations of gender, race, and technology, and this new study aims to critique the more traditional interpretations of both the narrative and its sustained popularity. From James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) through Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), the story remains a nuanced and ultimately ambivalent one and is discussed here in all of its myriad terms: aesthetic, cultural, psychological, and mythic.
The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer, and Beyond
The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer, and Beyond,Caroline Joan ("Kay") S. Picart,Caroline Joan S. Picart,Praeger Publishers,0275973638,Cinema/Film: Book,Communication,Film & Video - General,Film - General,Frankenstein films,History and criticism,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Films, cinema,History of specific subjects,Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication,Popular culture
The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer, and Beyond
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