The Fantasy Film

The Fantasy Film 
Katherine A. Fowkes

ISBN: 978-1-4051-6879-3
Paperback
216 pages
May 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
US $31.95

The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre.
Includes analyses of a wide range of films, from early classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Harvey to Spiderman and Shrek, and blockbuster series such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Harry Potter films
Provides in-depth historical and critical overviews of the genre
Fully illustrated with screen shots from key films


List of Plates.
Acknowledgements.

1. What’s in a Name: Defining the Elusive Fantasy Genre.

2. Once upon a Time: A Brief Historical Overview.

3. A Brief Critical Overview: Literary and Film Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror.

4. The Wizard of Oz (1939): Over the Rainbow.

5. Harvey (1950): A Happy Hallucination?.

6. Always (1989): Spielberg’s Ghost from the Past.

7. Groundhog Day (1993): No Time Like the Present.

8. Big (1988): Body and Soul/“Hearts and Souls”.

9. Shrek (2001): Like an Onion.

10. Spider-Man (2002): The Karmic Web.

11. The Lord of the Rings (2001–3): Tolkien’s Trilogy or Jackson’s Thrillogy?.

12. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005): A Joyful Spell.

13. Harry Potter I–VI (2001–9): Words are Mightier than the Sword.

14. Conclusion: Imagine That!

References.

Index.


Katherine A. Fowkes is the 2011 Ruth Ridenhour Distinguished Scholar at High Point University where she is a Professor of Media Studies. She is the author of Giving Up the Ghost: Spirits, Ghosts and Angels in Mainstream Comedy Films (1998).