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OverviewThe concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their employment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch. The author argues that interpreting these directors' films through the lens of the grotesque allows us1to situate both the auteurs and the films within a long history of the grotesque in art and aesthetics. This cultural tradition effectively subsumes the contribution of any artist or1genre that intersects it but also affords the artist or genre--the auteur and the genre filmmaker--a pantheon and an abundance of images, themes, and motifs through which he1or she can subversively represent the world and our place in it. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Schuy R. WeishaarPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.308kg ISBN: 9780786471867ISBN 10: 0786471867 Pages: 219 Publication Date: 26 October 2012 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part 1. The Philosophy of the Grotesque I. Art, Being and Contrast II. Metaphysics, Myth and Purgatory Part 2. Interpolarity: Binaries of the Grotesque III. Tim Burton’s Two Worlds IV. Terry Gilliam’s Mythic Madness Part 3. Menacing Invasions: The Hazards of Time and Subjectivity V. The Mundane and the Catastrophic in the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen VI. Obliterating the Subject in the Cinematic World of David Lynch Part 4. Into the World and Back Again: From Politics to Paradox VII. Politics, Culture and the Grotesque Family in Hippie-Slasher-Horror VIII. Grim Reveries, or the Ambiguities Chapter Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsI must begin by confessing that <i>Masters of the Grotesque</i> is a book I wish I had written. It is, however, a better book than I ever could have done...more theoretically sophisticated, more incisive, more far-reaching. Weishaar is a gifted writer, able to wrestle big ideas down to earth, drag them out of that very-20th-century Plato's cave we know as a movie theatre and into the light, putting them to critical use and then plunging back into the cave once again, more than ready to persuade the still-imprisoned of his new understanding. --David Lavery, Middle Tennessee State University. I must begin by confessing that Masters of the Grotesque is a book I wish had written. Masters of the Grotesque is, however, a better book than I ever could have done--more theoretically sophisticated, more incisive, more far-reaching. Weishaar is a gifted writer, able to wrestle big ideas down to earth, drag them out of that very-20th-century Plato's cave we know as a movie theatre and into the light, putting them to critical use and then plunging back into the cave once again, more than ready to persuade the still-imprisoned of his new understanding.--more theoretically sophisticated, more incisive, more far-reaching. Weishaar is a gifted writer, able to wrestle big ideas down to earth, drag them out of that very-20th-century Plato's cave we know as a movie theatre and into the light, putting them to critical use and then plunging back into the cave once again, more than ready to persuade the still-imprisoned of his new understanding. --David Lavery, Middle Tennessee State University. Author InformationSchuy R. Weishaar teaches English and philosophy at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois; he also teaches writing and literature at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. He lives in Illinois. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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