Why We Love the Haunted Mansion: 19th Century Appropriations and the Topic of Death in Modern Gothic Narratives: Edward Gorey, Walt Disney, and Tim Bu (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546976189)

We love the Haunted Mansion as an entertaining dark ride, but does it also resonate with us for deeper reasons? K. R. Bailey suggests that it answers a fundamental need to approach the topic of death in a manner we find comfortable in what has been termed a "death-denying" culture. Bailey reaches into the Victorian era and its Celebration of Death to identify symbols that are close enough to have a dark meaning, but distant enough not to threaten, and discusses their use in the works of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, and Disney's Haunted Mansion ride.

Author: K. R. Bailey
ISBN-10: 1546976183
ISBN-13: 9781546976189
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2017
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.43d