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Overview"David Cronenberg is best known for the controversial, shocking, or horrifying aspects of his work. His films seem almost obsessive in their scrutiny of the mutated or diseased body, sexual pathology, and radical scientific experimentation. Beard argues that the structure of Cronenberg's cinema is based on a dichotomy between, on the one hand, order, reason, balance, and stability and, on the other hand, obscurity, sexuality, disease, and the disintegration of self and of the boundaries that define society. Beard suggests that as Cronenberg evolves as a filmmaker, this dichotomy is increasingly associated with the opposition between the scientist and the artist, with the latter embodying the horrific freedom that abject transgression can afford, hence ""the artist as monster"". Beard brings a wealth of analytical observation and insight to the films of David Cronenberg, and this comprehensive work attempts to fill a gap in the study of one of Canada's best-know filmmakers." Full Product DetailsAuthor: William BeardPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.864kg ISBN: 9780802035691ISBN 10: 0802035698 Pages: 550 Publication Date: 08 September 2001 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviews'The Artist as Monster is essential reading in Cronenberg studies.' -- Suzie S.F. Young Science Fiction Studies 'The Artist as Monster offers the most thorough and balanced account of David Cronenberg ever published ... Eminently readable and intellectually (as well as emotionally) engaging.' -- Monique Tschofen Canadian Literature 'A painstaking and meticulous analysis of the films.' -- Marc Horton Edmonton Journal 'The Artist as Monster is essential reading in Cronenberg studies.' -- Suzie S.F. Young Science Fiction Studies 'The Artist as Monster offers the most thorough and balanced account of David Cronenberg ever published ... Eminently readable and intellectually (as well as emotionally) engaging.' -- Monique Tschofen Canadian Literature 'A painstaking and meticulous analysis of the films.' -- Marc Horton Edmonton Journal Author InformationWilliam Beard is a professor and film studies program director in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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