{"product_id":"screening-the-gothic-lisa-hopkins-9780292706460","title":"Screening the Gothic","description":"\u003cp\u003e Filmmakers have long been drawn to the Gothic with its eerie settings and promise of horror lurking beneath the surface. Moreover, the Gothic allows filmmakers to hold a mirror up to their own age and reveal society's deepest fears. Franco Zeffirelli's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, Francis Ford Coppola's \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker's Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e, and Kenneth Branagh's \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e are just a few examples of film adaptations of literary Gothic texts. In this ground-breaking study, Lisa Hopkins explores how the Gothic has been deployed in these and other contemporary films and comes to some surprising conclusions. For instance, in a brilliant chapter on films geared to children, Hopkins finds that horror resides not in the trolls, wizards, and goblins that abound in \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e, but in the heart of the family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScreening the Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e offers a radical new way of understanding the relationship between film and the Gothic as it surveys a wide range of films, many of which have received scant critical attention. Its central claim is that, paradoxically, those texts whose affiliations with the Gothic were the clearest became the least Gothic when filmed. Thus, Hopkins surprises readers by revealing Gothic elements in films such as \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as exploring more obviously Gothic films like \u003ci\u003eThe Mummy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fellowship of the Ring\u003c\/i\u003e. Written in an accessible and engaging manner, \u003ci\u003eScreening the Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to film lovers as well as students and scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Hopkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292706464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292706460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.03w x 0.52d","brand":"Lisa Hopkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056730894591,"sku":"9780292706460","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fec00724-999b-4166-821a-c98688a59bbe.jpg?v=1685042945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/screening-the-gothic-lisa-hopkins-9780292706460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}