{"product_id":"icons-of-grief-val-lewtons-home-front-pictures-paperback","title":"Icons of Grief: Val Lewton's Home Front Pictures - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Nemerov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully written study looks at the haunting, melancholy horror films Val Lewton made between 1942 and 1946 and finds them to be powerful commentaries on the American home front during World War II. Alexander Nemerov focuses on the iconic, isolated figures who appear in four of Lewton's small-budget classics--\u003ci\u003eThe Curse of the Cat People, The Ghost Ship, I Walked with a Zombie, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBedlam. \u003c\/i\u003eThese ghosts, outcasts, and other apparitions of sorrow crystallize the anxiety and grief experienced by Americans during the war, emotions decidedly at odds with the official insistence on courage, patriotism, and optimism. In an evocative meditation on Lewton's use of these \"icons of grief,\" Nemerov demonstrates the film-maker's interest in those who found themselves alienated by wartime society and illuminates the dark side of the American psyche in the 1940s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nemerov's rich study draws from Lewton's letters, novels, and scripts and from a wealth of historical material to shed light on both the visual and literary aspects of the filmmaker's work. Lavishly illustrated with more than fifty photographs, including many rare film stills, \u003ci\u003eIcons of Grief \u003c\/i\u003erecasts Lewton's horror films as suggestive commentaries on a troubled and hidden side of America during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is cultural history at its best. The author's vivid engagement with his material reveals Val Lewton in a bracing new light. Nemerov teases out relationships between film and society with supple writing, imagination, and skill. A critical tour de force.--David M. Lubin, author of \u003ci\u003eShooting Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIcons of Grief\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly conceived and successfully executed filmmaker study. Nemerov's research is dazzling, as are his highly sophisticated analyses. At every turn, he reveals his deep understanding of cinema. This is an exquisitely crafted book.\"--Scott Bukatman, author of \u003ci\u003eTerminal Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Nemerov, \u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Yale University, is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body of Raphaelle Peale: Still Life and Selfhood, 1812-1824 \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eFrederic Remington and Turn-of-the-Century America \u003c\/i\u003e(1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.76 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44272711794790,"sku":"9780520241008","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/N1RLOU1nQkw5enZNWWc3TFh4ajVldz09.webp?v=1766341990","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/icons-of-grief-val-lewtons-home-front-pictures-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}