The gothic imagination: conversations on fantasy, horror, and science fiction in the media

This book brings together the author's interviews with many prominent figuresin fantasy, horror, and science fiction to examine the traditions and extensions of the gothic mode of storytelling over the last 200 years and its contemporary influence on film and media. JOHN C. TIBBETTS Associate Professor of Film at the University of Kansas, USA. He has previously worked as a broadcaster for NPR, the Christian Science Monitor Radio Network, Voice of America, and CBS television. Video and audio collections from his thirty years in broadcasting and education are currently being prepared for installation at the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center in 2012. INDICE: Preface; 'R.Holmes' - Prefatory Note; 'J.Gunn' - INTRODUCTION: VOICES HEARD 'ROUND THE COSMIC CAMPFIRE - PART I: THE LOVECRAFT CIRCLE - The Provocative Abysses of Unplumbed Space;'S.T.Joshi' Explores the Universe of H.P. Lovecraft - I Am Providence;'H.Beckwith' on H.P.Lovecraft - Psycho Is Not Abouta Shower Scene!;'R.Bloch - 'From Providence to Liverpool;'R.Campbell - 'Certain Things Associated with the Night; 'T.E.D.Klein - 'PART II: THE HEROIC AGE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION - Robert E. Howard and The Whole Wide World;'D.Ireland - 'Batman and Me;'B.Kane' - The Man Who Explained Miracles;' J.D.Carr -'Superman is a Friend;'C.Reeve - 'Wonder's Child;'J.Williamson - 'Ragnarok and Relativity;'P.Anderson - 'The Way the Future Was;'F.Pohl - 'I Tell People Stories;'W.Tucker - 'The Complete Enchanter;'L.Sprague De Camp - 'PART III: THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES - The Bradbury Collaborations - Stan and Ollie;'R.Bradbury'& 'R.Harryhausen' - Joe and Me;'R.Bradbury'& 'J.Mugnaini - 'The Bradbury Circle (Friends and Associates) - Let's Put on a Show!;'J.Schwarz - 'Mister Monster;'F.J.Ackerman' - Dandelion Chronicles;'W.F.Nolan - 'The Repairman Cometh; 'F.P.Wilson - 'ABradbury Companion;'D.Albright - 'PART IV: DESTINATION:MARS! - Back to Barsoom:Bob Zeuschner Talks about the Mars Books of Edgar Rice Burroughs - This Is Where We Start Again;'K.S.Robinson' - PART V: THE EXTRAVAGANT GAZE- A Sublime Madness:Professors Albert Boime and Tim Mitchell Talk about Goya,Géricault, and Caspar David Friedrich - Scenes from Childhood - Album for theYoung;'M.Sendak' - There's a Lot of Reality to These Fantasies; 'C.Sturridge'& 'F.Tale' - The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg - Gahan Wilson's Diner - PARTVI: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES - Symphonie fantastique:Professor Jack Sullivan Talks about Berlioz, Schumann, Liszt, and Others - PART VII: POSTMODERN GOTHIC - The Night Ride of Charles Beaumont - We Walk Your Dog at Night!;'S.King' - The Kiss That Bites;'S.M.Charnas - 'A Magellan of the Interior;'P.Straub - 'The Billion Year Spree;'B.Aldiss' - Savage Pastimes: Gothic Schlock and Grindhouse Horrors - Different Engines:Steampunk - PART VIII: WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.. TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, AND STAR TREK - Frankie Thomas on Tom Corbett andthe Early Days of Live Television - Four Members of the Enterprise Crew;'W.Shatner', 'L.Nimoy', 'D.F.Kelly'& 'G.Takei - 'THE HERESY OF HUMANISM:GREG BEAR AND GREGORY BENFORD - EPILOGUE

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11816-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 432
• Fecha Publicación: 03/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés