Gothic machine : textualities, pre-cinematic media and film in popular visual culture, 1670-1910

Gothic machine : textualities, pre-cinematic media and film in popular visual culture, 1670-1910 / David J. Jones.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, David J. (David James), 1953- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.
Series:Gothic literary studies.
Subjects:
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > History and criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gothic & Romance.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780708324080
0708324088
9781783161140
1783161140
1299200990
9781299200999
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 26, 2020).

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