{"product_id":"caligaris-children-s-s-prawer-9780306803475","title":"Caligari's Children: The Film as Tale of Terror","description":"\"The terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally questionable forms in which we so often encounter it, it does speak of something true and important, and offers us encounters with hidden aspects of ourselves and our world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo writes S. S. Prawer in his concise and penetrating study of the horror film--from \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein, \u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eInvasion of the Body Snatchers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Omen. \u003c\/i\u003eAfter a brief history of the horror genre in film, Prawer offers detailed analyses of specific sequences from various films, such as Murnau's \u003ci\u003eNosferatu.\u003c\/i\u003e He discusses continuities between literary and cinematic tales, and shows what happens when one is transformed into the other.\u003cbr\u003e Unpatronizing and scholarly, Prawer draws on a wide range of sources in order to better situate a genre that is both enormously popular with contemporary audiences and of increasing critical importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. S. Prawer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030680347X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306803475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.08w x 0.82d","brand":"S. S. Prawer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946409459967,"sku":"9780306803475","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_94a908ac-47c8-4167-80c9-55dc19f6ebeb.jpg?v=1681512986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caligaris-children-s-s-prawer-9780306803475","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}