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Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 210 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Toro, Guillermo del,--1964---Criticism and interpretation.

Other Authors:

Davies, Ann, 1961- editor.
Shaw, Deborah, editor.
Tierney, Dolores, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

1137407832
9781137407832

OCLC:

(OCoLC)881656011

LCCN:

2014015560

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)