Overview

The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre. Includes analyses of a wide range of films, from early classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Harvey to Spiderman and Shrek, and blockbuster series such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Harry Potter films Provides in-depth historical and critical overviews of the genre Fully illustrated with screen shots from key films

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Author:   Katherine A. Fowkes (High Point University, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9781405168786

ISBN 10:   1405168781
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   09 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

List of Plates ix Acknowledgements xi 1 What's in a Name: Defining the Elusive Fantasy Genre 1 2 Once upon a Time: A Brief Historical Overview 15 3 A Brief Critical Overview: Literary and Film Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror 38 4 The Wizard of Oz (1939): Over the Rainbow 55 5 Harvey (1950): A Happy Hallucination? 68 6 Always (1989): Spielberg's Ghost from the Past 81 7 Groundhog Day (1993): No Time Like the Present 92 8 Big (1988): Body and Soul/""Hearts and Souls"" 104 9 Shrek (2001): Like an Onion 114 10 Spider-Man (2002): The Karmic Web 124 11 The Lord of the Rings (2001?3): Tolkien's Trilogy or Jackson's Thrillogy? 134 12 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005): A Joyful Spell 145 13 Harry Potter I-VI (2001-9): Words are Mightier than the Sword 156 14 Conclusion: Imagine That! 171 References 175 Index 186

Reviews

Written in prose that is careful and cogent, the book provides a defence of what Fowkes calls the orphan genre (unloved; neglected even, perhaps, of questionable legitimacy), one which she argues has long been excluded from serious analysis by dogmas of realism that privilege codes of. . . mimesis. (The Times Literary Supplement, 18 February 2011)

Written in prose that is careful and cogent, the book provides a defence of what Fowkes calls the orphan genre (unloved; neglected even, perhaps, of questionable legitimacy), one which she argues has long been excluded from serious analysis by dogmas of realism that privilege codes of... mimesis. (The Times Literary Supplement, 18 February 2011)

Author Information

Katherine A. Fowkes is Professor of Media and Popular Culture Studies in the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication at High Point University. She is the author of Giving up the Ghost: Spirits, Ghosts, and Angels in Mainstream Comedy Films (1998).

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