Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film

Slusser, George

ISBN 10: 080931150X / ISBN 13: 9780809311507

Published by Southern Illinois Univ Pr, Carbondale, IL, 1985

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Used good, highlighting, writing & underlining. Some shelf and corner wear to DJ. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 080931150X. ISBN/EAN: 9780809311507. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE415876280.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film
• Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr, Carbondale, IL
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080931150X
• ISBN 13: 9780809311507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Edition Unstated.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Used Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film, Radio & Television

About this title

Synopsis

These 14essays were presented at the Fourth Eaton Conference, which convened to create a broad dialogue concern­ing the importance of science fiction and fantasy in contemporary film. Another goal was to seek in the history and essen­tial nature of cinema the roots of the in­creasing popularity of science fiction and fantasy.

Using very different methods and widely diverse ideas of what fantasy is and where its center exists, these schol­ars and critics cover the entire span of western drama―from Méliès and Lang to recent films such as E.T., the Extra­-Terrestrial and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

About the Author

George E. Slusser is Curator of the Eaton Collection and Adjunct Professor at the University of California at River­side.

Eric S. Rabkin is Professor of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Fantastic in Literature.