A place of darkness : the rhetoric of horror in early American cinema /
"Analyzing films from La manoir du Diable to Dracula and Frankenstein, as well as their promotion and critical reception, this book reveals how tales of horror are intimately bound to questions of nationhood and national identity"--Publisher's website.
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Cinema, genre, nation
- Superstition and the shock of attraction : horrific elements in early cinema
- Weird and gloomy tales : uncanny narratives and foreign others
- Superstitious Joe and the rise of the American uncanny
- Literary monsters and uplifting horrors
- Mysteries in old dark houses
- Conclusion.