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The literary monster on film : five nineteenth century British novels and their cinematic adaptations
- Title
- The literary monster on film : five nineteenth century British novels and their cinematic adaptations / Abigail Burnham Bloom.
- Author
- Bloom, Abigail Burnham.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.
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- Description
- vi, 212 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Monsters in novels were connected with the protagonist, representative of a character's personal failings and failings of society. Film adaptations depict the creatures as engaging in senseless violence, suggesting a fear of the uncontrollable. This dichotomy is analyzed through examinations of Frankenstein, Dracula, She, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Island of Dr. Moreau"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Creator and monster. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (1818) -- Frankenstein, dir. James Whale (1931) -- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, dir. Kenneth Branagh (1994) -- The duality of good and evil. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dir. John S. Robertson (1920) -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dir. Rouben Mamoulian (1931) -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dir. Victor Fleming (1941) -- Beauty and eternal life. She, by H. Rider Haggard (1887) -- She, dir. Lansing C. Holden and Irving Pichel (1935) -- She, dir. Robert Day (1965) -- Man and animal. The island of Dr. Moreau, by H. G. Wells (1896) -- Island of lost souls, dir. Erle C. Kenton (1933) -- The island of Dr. Moreau, dir. Don Taylor (1977) -- The island of Dr. Moreau, dir. John Frankenheimer (1996) -- Vampire and victim. Dracula, by Bram Stoker (1897) -- Nosferatu, dir. F. W. Murnau (1922) -- Dracula, dir. Tod Browning (1931) -- Bram Stoker's Dracula, dir. Francis Ford Coppola (1992) -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- MFL 10-6369
- ISBN
- 9780786442614 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786442611 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010023148
- OCLC
- YBP 2010023148
- Author
- Bloom, Abigail Burnham.
- Title
- The literary monster on film : five nineteenth century British novels and their cinematic adaptations / Abigail Burnham Bloom.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 10-6369