A Critical Companion to Tim Burton

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Edited by Adam Barkman

Type

Essays

Subject

Director > Tim Burton

Keywords

Tim Burton

Publishing date

2017

Publisher

Lexington Books

Collection

Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 278 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4985-5272-1

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Book Presentation:
Unlike anything currently available, A Critical Companion to Tim Burton is a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of one of the world's most renowned directors and artists. Written by some of the top scholars working in fields as diverse as philosophy, film and media studies, and literature, all chapters of this book illuminate for both scholars and fans alike the entire artistic career of Burton, giving attention to both his early works and his global blockbusters.

About the Author:
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is Professor of English at Central Michigan University, USA, and the author or editor of 25 books. He is a world expert on monsters and his relevant book publications include Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema (2021, co-edited with Regina Hansen); The Monster Theory Reader (2020); The Cambridge Companion to the American Gothic (2018); The Age of Lovecraft (2016, co-edited with Carl Sederholm); The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters (2014); The Vampire Film: Undead Cinema (2012); Scare Tactics: Supernatural Fiction by American Women (2008); and Spectral America: Phantoms and the National Imagination (2004).

Press Reviews:
"The book offers well-documented contributions and a plurality of critical approaches, which does not affect the coherence of the whole. The chapters. . . give a good idea of the thematic and aesthetic specificity of Burton's cinema. . . . We strongly recommend reading this book, which offers varied insights into the films and is an important and innovative contribution to the knowledge of Tim Burton's work. [Translated from original French]" ―Miranda

"Tim Burton has captured our imagination by creating memorable worlds from the colorful suburbia of Edward Scissorhands to the Gothic architecture of Batman and unforgettable iconic characters from the confectionery genius Willy Wonka to the Pumpkin King Jack Skellington. A Critical Companion to Tim Burton offers a compelling comprehensive examination of Tim Burton’s creations from a wide range of academic viewpoints. Any scholar seeking a deeper understanding of his movies would benefit from reading this collection." ―Eric Silverman, Christopher Newport University

"An impressive array of contemporary critical interpretations, broad in scope, on the films of Tim Burton. An important contribution to critical studies of the master filmmaker." ―Samuel Umland, University of Nebraska

"This volume is not only the most complete and knowledgeable book available on the cinema of Tim Burton, it is also far and away the most exciting. For it brings together the most inventive and sophisticated interpretations the gothic filmmaker's oeuvre has inspired. I am thus grateful to this 'companion,' which will surely become the best friend of admirers of Tim Burton everywhere." ―Antoine de Baecque, PSL (Research University Paris)

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