{"product_id":"songs-of-love-and-death-michael-sevastakis-9780313279492","title":"Songs of Love and Death: The Classical American Horror Film of the 1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines eleven horror films in-depth and their relationships to Romantic Gothic literary conventions--mainly, but not solely, found in works dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To illustrate the use of these conventions in film, Michael Sevastakis analyzes shots from scenes and sequences of all films discussed. Due to the large quantity of horror films produced during this period, the films in this book have been selected on the basis of their supernatural and preternatural content, and upon four conventions predicated on fictional literary models dealing with the villain-hero as Necrophile, Modern Prometheus, Symbol of Destiny, and Tormented Hero. These four sections comprise eleven chapters; in addition, there is an introduction and conclusion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of the movies that are discussed include Tod Browning's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), and \u003ci\u003eDevil Doll\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), Karl Freund's\u003ci\u003e The Mummy\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), and \u003ci\u003eMad Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), James Whale's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), Erle Kenton's \u003ci\u003eIsland of Lost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), Ruben Mamoulian's \u003ci\u003eDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), abd Lambert Hillyer's \u003ci\u003eDracula's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (1936).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Sevastakis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313279497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313279492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Michael Sevastakis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913677701375,"sku":"9780313279492","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ed9c1221-1552-4eb5-89ef-5ec01eb5df87.jpg?v=1680621679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/songs-of-love-and-death-michael-sevastakis-9780313279492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}