The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook

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By Caroline Joan ("Kay") S. Picart, Frank Smoot, and Jayne Blodgett

Foreword by Noel Carroll

ISBN: 0-313-31350-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31350-9

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368 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/2001

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Bibliographies and Indexes in Popular Culture

Series Number: 8

Reviews:

Scholarly in tone and a good purchase for academic libraries, upper-division undergraduates and higher.
—Choice March 2002
...offers perhaps the most thorough and expansive resource for film scholars and horror movie fans intersted in cinematic representations of the Frankenstein motif....merits a place on the shelves of any university or college library.
—SFRA Review jan/Feb 2002

Description: The endurance of the Frankenstein narrative as a modern cinematic myth is undeniable. Its flexibility has produced classic and contemporary horror film-most notably the Universal films of the thirties-but it has also resulted in unusual hybrids, such as musical horror-comedy (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), hyperbolic parody (Flesh for Frankenstein), and science fiction (the Alien and Terminator series). This sourcebook provides a complete guide to all of the story's filmic incarnations-including essential information such as cast, creative personnel, and plot summaries-and also guides the reader to relevant primary texts such as scripts, posters, production histories, and newspaper clippings. Utilizing an approach that is both popular and scholarly, and including spotlight essays that deal with contemporary academic approaches to the subject, The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook reveals the depth of the cinematic range of interpretations of a classic modern myth. Comprehensive in its scope, The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook provides an alphabetical guide to two hundred films that incorporate the Frankenstein narrative. It also delves into both primary and secondary perspectives and includes discussions of aspects of the films, such as their depiction of women, which is relevant to current scholarly critiques.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Noël Carroll
Introduction by Caroline Joan S. Picart
A Note on the Entries
An Alphabetical Listing of Frankenstein Films
Appendix One: General Texts on Frankenstein Films
Appendix Two: "Body Parts" Films
Appendix Three: "Re-Animation" Films

LC Card Number: 2001023186

LCC Class: PN1995

Dewey Class: 791


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