- Additional Authors
- Description
- xi, 210 pages; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- MWES (Toro, G.) 14-8274
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2014015560
- OCLC
- 881656011
- Title
The transnational fantasies of Guillermo del Toro / edited by Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw, and Dolores Tierney.
- Publisher
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Edition
First edition.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
Davies, Ann, 1961- editor.
Shaw, Deborah, editor.
Tierney, Dolores, editor.
- Other Form:
ebook version 9781137407849
- Research Call Number
MWES (Toro, G.) 14-8274