Gothic machine textualities, pre-cinematic media and film in popular visual culture, 1670-1910
Almost everyone loves a good horror film but how did they originate? Audiences thrilled and shuddered at ghosts and monsters projected on screens all over Europe for centuries before film was born. This pioneering book traces the origins and development of the magic lantern shows of fear and reveals...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press
2011.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Gothic Literary Studies. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31065429*spi |
| Sumario: | Almost everyone loves a good horror film but how did they originate? Audiences thrilled and shuddered at ghosts and monsters projected on screens all over Europe for centuries before film was born. This pioneering book traces the origins and development of the magic lantern shows of fear and reveals their close relation to the great upsurge in Gothic writing, so popular with readers today. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | [ix], 240 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780708324080 |
