The transnational fantasies of Guillermo del Toro / Edited by Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw, and Dolores Tierney.

Other author Davies, Ann, 1961-
Other author Shaw, Deborah.
Other author Tierney, Dolores.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Descriptionxi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Contents Introduction -- del Toro's principles and practices. "There is no such thing": del Toro's metafictional monster rally / Glenn Ward -- Guillermo del Toro's monsters: matter out of place / Ann Davies -- Myth and monstrosity: the dark realms of H.P. Lovecraft and Guillermo del Toro / Rebecca Janicker -- del Toro's English-language works. "This is something new" or "something very, very old": The strain trilogy in context / Simon Bacon -- Adapt or die: mimicry and evolution in Guillermo del Toro's English language films / Peter Hutchings -- Of monstrous masses and hybrid heroes: del Toro's English-language films / Laura Podalsky -- Pacific Rim: reception, readings and authority / Niamh Thornton -- del Toro's Spanish-language works. Reflected horrors: violence, war and the image in Guillermo del Toro's El espinazo del diablo / The devil's backbone / Miriam Haddu -- Transnational political horror in Cronos (1993), El espinazo del diablo (2001) and El laberinto del fauno / Dolores Tierney -- Between fantasy and reality: the child's vision and fairy tales in Guillermo del Toro's hispanic trilogy / Juan Carlos Vargas.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014015560
ISBN9781137407832 (hadback : alk. paper)

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