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European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945
Allmer
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Description for European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945
Hardback. Editor(s): Allmer, Patricia; David, Huxley; Brick, Emily. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
This volume is the first edited collection of essays focusing on European horror cinema from 1945 to the present. It features new contributions by distinguished international scholars exploring British, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Northern European and Eastern European horror cinema. The essays employ a variety of current critical methods of analysis, ranging from psychoanalysis and Deleuzean film theory to reception theory and historical analysis. The complete volume offers a major resource on post-war European horror cinema, with in-depth studies of such classic films as Seytan (Turkey, 1974), Suspiria (Italy, 1977), Switchblade Romance (France, 2003), and Taxidermia (Hungary, 2006).
This volume is the first edited collection of essays focusing on European horror cinema from 1945 to the present. It features new contributions by distinguished international scholars exploring British, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Northern European and Eastern European horror cinema. The essays employ a variety of current critical methods of analysis, ranging from psychoanalysis and Deleuzean film theory to reception theory and historical analysis. The complete volume offers a major resource on post-war European horror cinema, with in-depth studies of such classic films as Seytan (Turkey, 1974), Suspiria (Italy, 1977), Switchblade Romance (France, 2003), and Taxidermia (Hungary, 2006).
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231162067
SKU
V9780231162067
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About Allmer
Patricia Allmer is senior research fellow in art history and theory at MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; she is that author of Rene Magritte: Beyond Painting (2009). David Huxley is senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; he is the author of Nasty Tales: Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll in the British Underground (2001). Emily ... Read more
Reviews for European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945
An ambitious and important contribution to the study of European horror films.
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