Research Catalog

Title

Songs of love and death : the classical American horror film of the 1930s / Michael Sevastakis.

Author

Sevastakis, Michael.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993.

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Details

Description

xvii, 208 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions to the study of popular culture, 0198-9871 ; no. 37

Uniform Title

Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 37.

Subject

• Universidad Sergio Arboleda
• Horror films > United States > History and criticism
• Motion pictures and literature > United States
• Gothic revival (Literature) > United States
• Gothic revival (Literature) > Europe
• Romanticism
• romanticism (form of expression)
• Gothic revival (Literature)
• Horror films
• Motion pictures and literature
• Horrorfilm
• Griezelfilms
• Griezelverhalen
• Griezelromans
• adaptation cinématographique > cinéma d'horreur américain (Etats-Unis) > Gothic Revival > littérature occidentale > 1936. > 1931
• Geschichte (1930-1940)
• Europe
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Horror films.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. I. The Romantic as Necrophile. 1. Dracula: The Amorous Death. 2. The Mummy: Through Centuries of Love. 3. White Zombie: "Death and Love Together Mated" -- pt. II. The Romantic as Modern Prometheus. 4. Frankenstein: Are Men Not Gods? 5. Island of Lost Souls: The Eden of the Grand Guignol. 6. The Bride of Frankenstein: A Friend for the Enemy of God -- pt. III. The Romantic as a Symbol of Destiny. 7. The Invisible Man: "A Reign of Terror" 8. The Devil Doll: "Three Lives Must Pay" -- pt. IV. The Romantic as Tormented Hero. 9. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Beast in the Man. 10. Mad Love: Torture by Obsession. 11. Dracula's Daughter: Vampirism as Psychosis.

ISBN

• 0313279497
• 9780313279492

LCCN

92032226

OCLC

• ocm26547203
• 26547203
• SCSB-1985387

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library