{"product_id":"caligaris-children-the-film-as-tale-of-terror-paperback","title":"Caligari's Children: The Film as Tale of Terror - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. S. Prawer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally questionable forms in which we so often encounter it, it does speak of something true and important, and offers us encounters with hidden aspects of ourselves and our world.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo writes S. S. Prawer in his concise and penetrating study of the horror film--from \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein, \u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eInvasion of the Body Snatchers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Omen. \u003c\/i\u003eAfter a brief history of the horror genre in film, Prawer offers detailed analyses of specific sequences from various films, such as Murnau's \u003ci\u003eNosferatu.\u003c\/i\u003e He discusses continuities between literary and cinematic tales, and shows what happens when one is transformed into the other.\u003cbr\u003e Unpatronizing and scholarly, Prawer draws on a wide range of sources in order to better situate a genre that is both enormously popular with contemporary audiences and of increasing critical importance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. S. Prawer\u003c\/b\u003e is Taylor Professor of German Language and Literature at Oxford University, and a fellow of The Queen's College. His books include studies of Heinrich Heine and Karl Marx.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9.04 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42193216110672,"sku":"9780306803475","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/QkZTZlpBOFc1NmFSSThHZGwxM3ZXQT09.webp?v=1775026252","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/caligaris-children-the-film-as-tale-of-terror-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}