Fear Itself: Horror on Screen and in Reality During the Depression and World War II - Couverture souple

Matthews Jr., Melvin E.

 
9780786443130: Fear Itself: Horror on Screen and in Reality During the Depression and World War II
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786443138 ISBN 13 : 9780786443130
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This book demonstrates how horror films of the 1930s and 1940s reflected specific events and personalities of the era, most notably the Great Depression and World War II. Beginning with Dracula and Frankenstein (1931), it relates the many ways that horror films and society intersected: Franklin D. Roosevelt's skepticism toward conventional wisdom and the public's distrust of experts was mirrored in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Murders in the Rue Morgue; the freaks in Tod Browning's 1932 film of the same name revolted against the powerful people of the circus, much like the Bonus Army protested the sufferings of the Depression; King Kong's rampage on New York personified the anti-New York sentiment in the nation at large; Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolf Man symbolized the experience of his creator, Curt Siodmak, as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany.

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À propos de l?auteur

Melvin E. Matthews, Jr., is a contributing writer to the Roanoke (Virginia) Star-Sentinel, Roanoke Magazine, Roanoke Times and History News Network.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786443138
ISBN 13 
9780786443130
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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