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Author:   John W. Morehead
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780786495955

ISBN 10:   0786495952
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   04 June 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword deleteDoug Jones Introduction deleteJohn W. Morehead The Magical Spirituality of a Lapsed Catholic: Atheism and Anticlericalism (S. T. Joshi) At the Mountains of Mexico: The Echoes and Intertexts of Lovecraft and Dunsany (Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.) Slime and Subtlety: Monsters in del Toro’s ­Spanish-Language Films (Ann Davies) Time Out of Joint: Traumatic Hauntings in the Spanish Civil War Films (Karin Brown) The Child Transformed by Monsters: The Monstrous Beauty of Childhood Trauma (Jessica Balanzategui) The Ambivalence of Creative Desire: Theogonic Myth and Monstrous Offspring (Sidney L. Sondergard) Henry’s Kids: Othered Children and Karloff’s Frankenstein Monster (John Kenneth Muir) Where the Wild Things Are: Monsters and Children (Alexandra West) Bloodsucking Bugs: Horacio Quiroga and the Latin American Transformation of Vampires (Gabriel ­Eljaiek-Rodríguez) The Birth of Fantasy: A Nietzschaen Reading of Pan’s Labyrinth (Jack Collins) Menstruation as Heroine’s Journey in Pan’s Labyrinth (Richard Lindsay) About the Contributors Index

Reviews

excellent...original and penetrating insights --<i>Journal of Popular Film and Television</i>.

"""excellent...original and penetrating insights""--Journal of Popular Film and Television; ""fills a gap...remarkable...the essays of this book, written in highly readable styles, serve as testimonies of future fantasies and new ways to see reality""--Journal of Fantastic in the Arts."

"""Excellent...original and penetrating insights""--Journal of Popular Film and Television ""Fills a gap...remarkable...the essays of this book, written in highly readable styles, serve as testimonies of future fantasies and new ways to see reality""--Journal of Fantastic in the Arts"

Excellent...original and penetrating insights --Journal of Popular Film and Television Fills a gap...remarkable...the essays of this book, written in highly readable styles, serve as testimonies of future fantasies and new ways to see reality --Journal of Fantastic in the Arts

excellent...original and penetrating insights --Journal of Popular Film and Television.

excellent...original and penetrating insights --Journal of Popular Film and Television; fills a gap...remarkable...the essays of this book, written in highly readable styles, serve as testimonies of future fantasies and new ways to see reality --Journal of Fantastic in the Arts.

Author Information

John W. Morehead is an independent scholar who specializes in new religious movements, the intersection of religion and popular culture, and interreligious conflict. He lives in Syracuse, Utah.

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