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

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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1. Verfasser: Jones, David J. (David James), 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:Gothic literary studies.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780708324080
0708324088
9781783161140
1783161140
1299200990
9781299200999

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