Modern Ghost Melodramas
'What Lies Beneath'
"The bibliography and index are thorough and the illustrations are very good, well above the average in modern publishing = It is difficult to give a proper sense of this extensive study. It is certainly comprehensive up until the date of publication and the study of genre films from so many different cinemas is fascinating." - Keith Withall, mej (media education journal) , Issue 62, Winter 2017-18
This book takes a close look at films that deal with ghosts. Making a crucial distinction between atmospheric films and conventional horror, Michael Walker argues that they are most productively seen as ghost melodramas. Les mer
This book takes a close look at films that deal with ghosts. Making a crucial distinction between atmospheric films and conventional horror, Michael Walker argues that they are most productively seen as ghost melodramas.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Amsterdam University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9789462980167
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
"The bibliography and index are thorough and the illustrations are very good, well above the average in modern publishing = It is difficult to give a proper sense of this extensive study. It is certainly comprehensive up until the date of publication and the study of genre films from so many different cinemas is fascinating." - Keith Withall, mej (media education journal) , Issue 62, Winter 2017-18