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This is the first collection of essays devoted to the phenomenon of the film sequel.

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Author:   Carolyn Jess-Cooke ,  Constantine Verevis
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781438430300

ISBN 10:   1438430302
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   12 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Carolyn Jess-Cooke and Constantine Verevis 1. Redefining the Sequel: The Case of the (Living) Dead Constantine Verevis 2. Of ""True"" Sequels: The Four Daughters Movies, or the Series That Wasn't Jennifer Forrest 3. Sequel-Ready Fiction: After Austen's Happily Ever After Thomas Leitch 4. Before and After, Before Before and After: Godfather I, II , and III R. Barton Palmer 5. Sequelizing Hollywood: The American ""Smart"" Film Claire Perkins 6. From Remake to Sequel: Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve Joyce Goggin 7. Decent Burial or Miraculous Resurrection: Serenity, Mourning, and Sequels to Dead Television Shows Ina Rae Hark 8. Prequel: The ""Afterwardsness"" of the Sequel Paul Sutton 9. Circulations: Technology and Discourse in The Ring Intertext Daniel Herbert 10. Sequelizing the Superhero: Postmillennial Anxiety and Cultural ""Need"" Simon McEnteggart 11. Before and After and Right Now: Sequels in the Digital Era Nicholas Rombes 12. Sequelizing Spectatorship and Building Up the Kingdom: The Case of Pirates of the Caribbean, Or, How a Theme Park Attraction Spawned a Multibillion-Dollar Film Franchise Carolyn Jess-Cooke Works Cited List of Contributors Index"

Reviews

...engage[s] with the sequel in a wide range of national and historical contexts. - Scope ...Second Takes is the first essay collection exploring the trend of sequelization and multi-film franchises in contemporary cinema and an excellent and valuable addition to the slowly growing field of academic research on sequels, series, and remakes. - Screening the Past A comprehensive and adventurous exploration of a timely topic. - Wheeler Winston Dixon, author of Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia

"""...engage[s] with the sequel in a wide range of national and historical contexts."" - Scope ""...Second Takes is the first essay collection exploring the trend of sequelization and multi-film franchises in contemporary cinema and an excellent and valuable addition to the slowly growing field of academic research on sequels, series, and remakes."" - Screening the Past ""A comprehensive and adventurous exploration of a timely topic."" - Wheeler Winston Dixon, author of Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia"

Author Information

Carolyn Jess-Cooke is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. She is the author of Shakespeare on Film: Such Things as Dreams Are Made Of and Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood, and the coeditor (with Melissa Croteau) of Apocalyptic Shakespeare: Essays on Visions of Destruction and Revelation in Recent Film Adaptations. Constantine Verevis is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, and the author of Film Remakes.

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