Remaking the Frankenstein Myth on Film: Between Laughter and Horror / Edition 1

by Caroline Joan S. Picart

Overview

Explores how filmmakers and screenwriters have used comedy and science fiction to extend the boundaries of the Frankenstein narrative.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791457702
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	07/02/2003
Series:	SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Caroline Joan S. Picart is Assistant Professor of English and Humanities and Courtesy Assistant Professor of Law at Florida State University. She is the author of The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer, and Beyond and the coauthor (with Frank Smoot and Jayne Blodgett) of The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Frankenstein as Enduring Cinemyth

2. (Un)Leashing Laughter: Gender, Power, and Humor

3. Daemonic Dread

4. On the Edge of Terror and Humor

5. Postmodern Horror-Hilarity

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Picart tells a story of the story of every film in a gifted way; this takes talent, as well as a thorough familiarity with the films and a genuine enthusiasm for them."

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