My forthcoming book – The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro: Critical Essays

978-0-7864-9595-5I haven’t seen the proofs yet, but my latest book has an official title, a cover photo, and is included in the forthcoming Spring catalog for McFarland.

The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro
Critical Essays

Edited by John W. Morehead
Foreword by Doug Jones

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-9595-5
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-2075-6
photos, notes, bibliography, index
softcover (6 x 9) 2015

 

About the Book
Guillermo del Toro is one of the most prolific artists working in film. His directorial work includes Cronos (1993), Mimic (1997), The Devil’s Backbone (2001), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II (2008) and Pacific Rim (2013). He has also worked extensively as a producer, with several screenwriting credits to his name. As a novelist he coauthored The Strain Trilogy (2009–2011), which he also developed into a television series for FX in 2014. Del Toro has spoken of the “primal, spiritual function” of his art, which gives expression to his fascination with monsters, myth, archetype, metaphor, Jungian psychology, the paranormal and religion.

This collection of new essays discusses cultural, religious and literary influences on del Toro’s work and explores key themes of his films, including the child’s experience of humanity through encounters with the monstrous.

The book link: http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-9595-5

And the catalog: http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/catalogs/

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