The modern supernatural and the beginnings of cinema. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Murray Leeder.
• Authors: Leeder, Murray, 1982-
• Contents: 1.Introduction -- 2. The Haunting of Film Theory -- 3. Light and Lies: Screen Practice and (Super-) Natural Magic -- 4. The Strange Case of George Albert Smith: Mesmerism, Psychical Research and Cinema -- 5. Aesthetics of Co-Registration: Spirit Photography, X-Rays and Cinema -- 6. Méliès's Skeleton: Gender, Cinema's Danse Macabre and the Erotics of Bone -- 7. Living Pictures at Will: Projecting Haunted Minds -- 8. Conclusion: Lost Worlds, Ghost Worlds. .
• Publisher Details: London : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 301; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Motion pictures; Supernatural; Supernatural in motion pictures; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Performing Arts -- Theater -- Stagecraft; Performing Arts -- Acting & Auditioning; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production; Film: styles & genres; Film theory & criticism; Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, cinema; Film, TV & radio; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; Supernatural in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- History; Supernatural -- History -- 19th century; Film genres; Motion pictures; Stage management; Motion picture acting; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137583710; 1137583711
• Related ISBNs: 1137583703; 9781137583703
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.