Vader, Voldemort and other villains [electronic resource] : essays on evil in popular media / edited by Jamey Heit.
Heit, Jamey, 1979-
2011
PN1995.9.E93 V33 2011eb
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Title Vader, Voldemort and other villains [electronic resource] : essays on evil in popular media / edited by Jamey Heit.
ISBN 9780786485109 (electronic book)
9780786458455
Publication Details Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online (viii, 225 p.)
Call Number PN1995.9.E93 V33 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/655
Summary "The thirteen essays in this critical volume explore the different ways in which evil is portrayed in popular culture, particularly through film and novels. Collectively, these essays suggest how vital the notion of evil is to our culture, which in turn suggest a need to reflect on what it means to value what is good"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
The aesthetic of evil / Daniel A. Forbes
The devil made me do it! the devil in 1960s-1970s horror film / Antoinette F. Winstead
Frankenstein's legacy : The mad scientist remade / Kristine Larsen
Focus on the family : good and evil vampires in the Twilight saga / A.J. Grant
The dichotomy of the great mother archetype in Disney heroines and villainesses / Sarah Lynne Bowman
Exploring the relay gaze in Hollywood cinema : serial killers and the women who hunt them / Sarah Lafferty
Wanting the white witch / Bryan Dove
Paradise inverted : Philip Pullman's use of high fantasy and epic poetry to portray evil in His dark materials / E. Quinn Fox
Sim evil : avatars and the ethical game mechanic / Kelly Kelleway
Making modern evil : terrorism, torture, and the creation of evil in 24 / Michael J. Lewis
No laughing matter : the joker as a Nietzschean critique of morality / Jamey Heit
I am your father : the villain and the future self / Nathaniel Van Yperen
Hearts of darkness : Voldemort and Iago, with a little help from their friends / Ken Rothman
Epilogue.

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