{"product_id":"monster-cinema-hardback-9780813597652","title":"Monster Cinema (Hardback) 9780813597652","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMonster Cinema\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarry Keith Grant (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813597652\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e17.8 x 11.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.02 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is far more than a very handy guidebook to monsters in the movies. Barry Keith Grant’s prose is lucid, and informed by a keen intelligence and exhaustive scholarship demonstrating his mastery of the genre. This is a great read!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Christopher Sharrett (author of The Rifleman) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Barry Keith Grant’s \u003ci\u003eMonster Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is an 'unnaturally' fine book, providing readers with a concise, engaging, and perceptive historical and ideological overview that attests to the enduring power of this genre.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Lester D. Friedman (coauthor of Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Barry Keith Grant is an ideal guide in this wide-ranging survey of monsters in the movies. He leaps across genres, periods, and critical traditions with authority and verve.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Adam Lowenstein (author of Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book is highly recommended, because, as Grant himself notes, our survival depends on understanding monsters-in other words, on understanding ourselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Science Fiction Reviews)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMonster Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to a vast menagerie of movie monsters. Some are gigantic, like King Kong or the kaiju in \u003ci\u003ePacific Rim\u003c\/i\u003e, while others are microscopic. Some monsters appear uncannily human, from serial killers like Norman Bates to the pod people in\u003ci\u003e Invasion of the Body Snatchers\u003c\/i\u003e. And of course, other movie monsters like demons, ghosts, vampires, and witches emerge from long folklore traditions. Film expert Barry Keith Grant considers what each type of movie monster reveals about what it means to be human and how we regard the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of film history, Grant presents us with an eclectic array of monster movies, from \u003ci\u003eNosferatu \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e. As he discovers, although monster movies might claim to be about \u003ci\u003eThem!\u003c\/i\u003e, they are really about the capacity for horror that lurks within each of us.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e 1          Meeting Movie Monsters: Monsters R Us\u003cbr\u003e 2          Human Monsters\u003cbr\u003e 3          Natural Monsters\u003cbr\u003e 4          Supernatural Monsters\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563729973528,"sku":"9780813597652","price":57.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/monster-cinema-hardback-9780813597652","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}