{"product_id":"cinematic-ghosts-haunting-and-spectrality-murray-leeder-9781628922134","title":"Cinematic Ghosts Haunting and Spectrality from Silent Cinema to the Digital Era","description":"In 1896, Maxim Gorky declared cinema \"the Kingdom of Shadows.\" In its silent, ashen-grey world, he saw a land of spectral, and ever since then cinema has had a special relationship with the haunted and the ghostly.\u003ci\u003e Cinematic Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection devoted to this subject, including fourteen new essays, dedicated to exploring the many permutations of the movies' phantoms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCinematic Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e contains essays revisiting some classic ghost films within the genres of horror (\u003ci\u003eThe Haunting\u003c\/i\u003e, 1963), romance (\u003ci\u003ePortrait of Jennie\u003c\/i\u003e, 1948), comedy (\u003ci\u003eBeetlejuice, \u003c\/i\u003e1988) and the art film (\u003ci\u003eUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010), as well as essays dealing with a number of films from around the world, from Sweden to China. \u003ci\u003eCinematic Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e traces the archetype of the cinematic ghost from the silent era until today, offering analyses from a range of historical, aesthetic and theoretical dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murray Leeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628922133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628922134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Murray Leeder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425347420415,"sku":"9781628922134","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0dbbfe65-cf89-477b-8553-cd078fe600ff.jpg?v=1761538607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinematic-ghosts-haunting-and-spectrality-murray-leeder-9781628922134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}