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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798339503321

Autore

Striner Richard <1950->

Titolo

Love in the afterlife : underground religion at the movies / / Richard Striner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61147-885-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

791.43/67

Soggetti

Supernatural in motion pictures

Love in motion pictures

Religion in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Philosophic and literary sources -- The cultural milieu after World War I and the seminal plays -- The "mythical method" as applied to the plot template of supernatural romance -- Berkeley Square and the philosophic problem of time -- The "second wave" of plays and the milieu of the Second World War -- The ghost and Mrs. Muir and the applications of theology in supernatural romance -- The tradition evolves -- Conclusion: underground religion -- Appendix one: case study: the making of what dreams may come -- Appendix two: other patters in film that justify additional study -- Appendix three: production data for supernatural romances and related films.