The literary monster on film : five nineteenth century British novels and their cinematic adaptations /
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Author / Creator: | Bloom, Abigail Burnham. |
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Imprint: | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010. |
Description: | vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8156962 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Creator and Monster
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (1818)
- Frankenstein, dir. James Whale (1931)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, dir. Kenneth Branagh (1994)
- 2. 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)
- 3. Beauty and Eternal Life
- She, by H. Rider Haggard (1887)
- She, dir. Lansing C. Holden and Irving Pichel (1935)
- She, dir. Robert Day (1965)
- 4. 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)
- 5. Vampire and Victim
- Draula, 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index