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“keith mcdonald”

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  • The Spectral West

    Super-Nature and the Gothic in the Western Film

    by Keith McDonald, Wayne Johnson ...
    This book considers the presence of the supernatural and Gothic elements of the Western on screen. These dark and sinister undertones often exist in Western narratives to draw attention to the ever-present issue of death and its haunting resonance which characters encounter. This book examines this through key historic moments in Western film and its contemporary incarnations. The book detects ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Moments of Truth

    by Keith McDonald ...
    Moments of Truth*: Stories About Nights When the Light Gets In* is about ordinary people dealing with moral dilemmas.In this collection of short fiction, Sean and Tracey try to make their relationship work despite being poles apart on religion; retiree Clem struggles with the death of his wife; a friend's angry taunt upsets uni student Jamila; Anh and Josephine face racially tinged comments at a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Contemporary Gothic and Horror Film

    Transnational Perspectives

    by Keith McDonald, Wayne Johnson ...
    This book looks at contemporary Gothic cinema within a transnational approach. With a focus on the aesthetic and philosophical roots which lie at the heart of the Gothic, the study invokes its literary as well as filmic forebears by exploring how these styles informed strands of the modern filmic Gothic: the ghost narrative, folk horror, the vampire movie, cosmic horror and, finally, the zombie ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Guillermo del Toro

    Film as Alchemic Art

    by Keith McDonald, Roger Clark ...
    A critical exploration of one of the most exciting, original and influential figures to emerge in contemporary film, Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Artis a major contribution to the analysis of Guillermo del Toro's cinematic output. It offers an in-depth discussion of del Toro's oeuvre and investigates key ideas, recurrent motifs and subtle links between his movies. The book explores the ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Love the One You Found

    by Keith McDonald ...
    Am I with the right person?, Are we ready to call it quits?, Do I want a divorce? As you reflect on the love you once had/felt, you may begin to want that feeling with someone else or you just may want to get away from all the arguing. This is when relationships break down. It can be fixed, it can be better with your mate. Just learn. The key to succeeding in a relationship is not finding the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Horror

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Darryl Jones ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Four o'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and still there's no way we're going to sleep, not after the film we just saw. The book we just read. Fear is one of the most primal human emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? It seems almost mad that we would frighten ourselves for fun, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature

    Edited by Edward James, Farah Mendlesohn ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • 21st-Century Gothic

    Great Gothic Novels Since 2000

    Edited by professor Danel Olson ...
    Selected by a poll of more than 180 Gothic specialists (creative writers, professors, critics, and Gothic Studies program developers at universities), the fifty-three original works discussed in 21st-Century Gothic represent the most impressive Gothic novels written around the world between 2000-2010. The essays in this volume discuss the merits of these novels, highlighting the influences and key ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Horror Film

    A Critical Introduction

    by Murray Leeder ...
    Series series Film Genres
    Throughout the history of cinema, horror has proven to be a genre of consistent popularity, which adapts to different cultural contexts while retaining a recognizable core. Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, the newest in Bloomsbury's Film Genre series, balances the discussions of horror's history, theory, and aesthetics as no introductory book ever has. Featuring studies of films both obscure ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Horror and Comics

    Edited by Barbara Chamberlin, Kom Kunyosying, Julia Round ...
    Series series Horror Studies
    This collection investigates the evolution of comics and horror by analysing a range of approaches and traditions. International contributors explore how multiple aspects of comics (forms, cultures, histories) have contributed to the depiction and development of horror across many subgenres (folk horror, ecohorror, gothic romance and more); their chapters also show how horror has informed the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Masks in Horror Cinema

    Eyes Without Faces

    by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas ...
    Series series Horror Studies
    Why has the mask been such an enduring generic motif in horror cinema? This book explores its transformative potential historically across myriad cultures, particularly in relation to its ritual and mythmaking capacities, and its intersection with power, ideology and identity. All of these factors have a direct impact on mask-centric horror cinema: meanings, values and rituals associated with ... Read more

    $28.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Horror Genre

    From Beelzebub to Blair Witch

    by Paul Wells ...
    Series series Short Cuts
    A comprehensive introduction to the history and key themes of the genre. The main issues and debates raised by horror, and the approaches and theories that have been applied to horror texts are all featured. In addressing the evolution of the horror film in social and historical context, Paul Wells explores how it has reflected and commented upon particular historical periods, and asks how it may ... Read more

    $19.99 USD