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List of contents
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgments
Nathan Abrams (Bangor University, UK) and I.Q. Hunter (De Montfort University, UK)
Introduction
Part One: Industry
Introduction
Chapter 1: Kubrick and Production
James Fenwick (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
Chapter 2: Kubrick and Authorship
Rod Munday (Aberystwyth University, UK)
Chapter 3: Kubrick and Adaptation
Graham Allen (University College Cork, Ireland)
Chapter 4: Kubrick and Collaboration
Manca Perko (University of East Anglia, UK)
Chapter 5: Kubrick and Britain
Matthew Melia (Kingston University, UK)
Chapter 6: Kubrick and Translation
Serenella Zanotti (Roma Tre University, Italy)
Chapter 7: Kubrick and the Critics
Gregory Frame (Bangor University, UK)
Part Two: Sound and Image
Introduction
Chapter 8: Kubrick and Photography
Philippe Mather (University of Regina, Canada)
Chapter 9: Kubrick and Framing
Robert P. Kolker (University of Maryland, USA)
Chapter 10: Kubrick and Formalism
Rodney F. Hill (Hofstra University, USA)
Chapter 11: Kubrick and Acting
Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz (University of Colorado in Boulder, USA)
Chapter 12: Kubrick and Art
Dijana Metlic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
Chapter 13: Kubrick and Composing
Kate McQuiston (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA)
Chapter 14: Kubrick and Music
Christine Lee Gengaro (Los Angeles City College, USA)
Part Three: Gender and Identity
Introduction
Chapter 15: Kubrick and Feminism
Karen A. Ritzenhoff (Central Connecticut State University, USA)
Chapter 16: Kubrick, Gender, and Sexuality
Mick Broderick (Murdoch University, Australia)
Chapter 17: Kubrick, Marriage, and Family
Joy McEntee (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Chapter 18: Kubrick and Jewishness
Marat Grinberg (Reed College, USA)
Chapter 19: Kubrick and the Holocaust
Geoffrey Cocks (Albion College, USA)
Part Four: Thematic Approaches
Introduction
Chapter 20: Kubrick, Optimism, and Pessimism
Dominic Lash (King's College London, UK)
Chapter 21: Kubrick and Philosophy
Jerold J. Abrams (Creighton University, USA)
Chapter 22: Kubrick and Time
Elisa Pezzotta (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Chapter 23: Kubrick and Madness
Lawrence Ratna (Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, UK)
Chapter 24: Kubrick and Psychoanalysis
Nathan Abrams (Bangor University, UK) and I.Q. Hunter (De Montfort University, UK)
Chapter 25: Kubrick and Childhood
Nathan Abrams (Bangor University, UK)
Chapter 26: Kubrick and Genre
Jeremi Szaniawski (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Part Five: Researching Kubrick
Introduction
Chapter 27: Kubrick and the Archive
Georgina Orgill and Richard Daniels (University of the Arts London, UK)
Chapter 28: Kubrick’s Research and Reading
Catriona McAvoy (University of the Arts London, UK)
Chapter 29: Kubrick and the Unmade
Peter Krämer (De Montfort University, UK) and Filippo Ulivieri (screenwriter, Italy)
Bibliography
Filmography
Index
About the author
I.Q. Hunter is Professor of Film Studies at De Montfort University, UK, and the author of British Trash Cinema (2013), editor of British Science Fiction Cinema (1999) and co-editor of British Comedy Cinema (2012) and The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History (2016).Nathan Abrams is Professor of Film Studies at Bangor University, UK. He is the founding co-editor of Jewish Film and New Media: An International Journal. He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles, including most recently The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema (2012). He is currently editing a collection entitled Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture (forthcoming).
Summary
Stanley Kubrick is one of the most revered directors in cinema history. His 13 films, including classics such as Paths of Glory, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining, attracted controversy, acclaim, a devoted cult following, and enormous critical interest. With this comprehensive guide to the key contexts - industrial and cultural, as well as aesthetic and critical - the themes of Kubrick's films sum up the current vibrant state of Kubrick studies.
Bringing together an international team of leading scholars and emergent voices, this Companion provides comprehensive coverage of Stanley Kubrick’s contribution to cinema. After a substantial introduction outlining Kubrick's life and career and the film's production and reception contexts, the volume consists of 39 contributions on key themes that both summarise previous work and offer new, often archive-based, state-of-the-art research. In addition, it is specifically tailored to the needs of students wanting an authoritative, accessible overview of academic work on Kubrick.
Foreword
The first comprehensive volume on Stanley Kubrick’s entire oeuvre from a multi-author perspective.
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This Companion stands out as one of the most substantial overviews of “Kubrick Studies” currently available. For students new to his work, it provides a wide-ranging introduction to Kubrick, employing a comprehensive array of film studies methods—from aesthetics, adaptation studies, and auteur analysis, to identity politics, industry analysis, and archival research. Just as importantly, contributors offer groundbreaking re-evaluations of Kubrick’s films and reputation. An indispensable volume.
