Screening the Gothic

by Lisa Hopkins

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 Jane Eyre, Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet are just a few examples of film adaptations of literary Gothic texts. In this ground-breaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292706464
• ISBN13: 9780292706460
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"