The Undergrounds of the Phantom of the Opera: Sublimation and the Gothic in Leroux's Novel and Its Progeny

by Jerrold E. Hogle

Book Overview

This is the most comprehensive analytical study ever done of The Phantom of the Opera in its many different versions from the original Gaston Leroux novel to the present day. It proposes answers to the question, 'why do we keep needing this story told and retold in the Western world?' by revealing the history of deep cultural tensions that underlie the novel and each major adaptation. Using extensive historical and textual evidence and drawing on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349634107
• ISBN13: 9781349634101
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"