Re-Envisaging the First Age of Cinematic Horror, 1896-1934 - Quanta of Fear

Focusing on twenty-one key films, this book involves an inclusive and sensitive approach. It reveals an awareness of the heterogeneity of horror production with the discussion spanning the period of the invention of movies, the expansion from single-reelers to longer and continuous productions, and the advent of talkies.

Summary

Focusing on twenty-one key films, this book involves an inclusive and sensitive approach. It reveals an awareness of the heterogeneity of horror production with the discussion spanning the period of the invention of movies, the expansion from single-reelers to longer and continuous productions, and the advent of talkies.

Product details

• Authors: David Annwn Jones
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781786833358
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-335-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Horror Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Horror, first, RE, Age, 1934, 1896, c 1800 to c 1900, Cinematic, of, c 1910 to c 1919, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, c 1920 to c 1929, c 1930 to c 1939, Fear, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Film: styles & genres, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1890 to c 1899, Film: styles and genres, envisaging, Quanta