The Modern Supernatural and the Beginnings of Cinema
This study sees the nineteenth century supernatural as a significant context for cinema’s first years. The book takes up the familiar notion of cinema as a “ghostly,” “spectral” or “haunted” medium and asks what made such association possible. Examining t
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The Modern Supernatural and the Beginnings of Cinema
Murray Leeder
The Modern Supernatural and the Beginnings of Cinema
Murray Leeder Calgary, Alberta, Canada
ISBN 978-1-137-58370-3 ISBN 978-1-137-58371-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58371-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016959382 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
Dedicated to Alana and Julian
Acknowledgements
This book builds on my dissertation, “Early Cinema and the Supernatural,” defended at Carleton University in 2011. Many thanks first of all to my supervisor, Charles O’Brien, and my other committee members: Marc Furstenau, Franny Nudelman, Aboubakar Sanogo and Rob King. I would like to give special thanks to various professors from Carleton University’s Film Studies programme and from the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Arts and Culture, including André Loiselle, Mitchell Frank, Barbara Leckie, Barbara Gabriel, Mitsuyo Wada- Marciano, Paul Théberge, George McKnight, Mark Langer, Zuzana Pick and Chris Faulkner for their help and support over the years, as well my fellow students, including Owen Lyons, David Richler, Margaret Rose, Steve Rifkin, Jessica Aldred, Marc Raymond, Ben Wright, Dan Sheridan, Sylvie and Paul Jasen, Heather Igloliorte, Matt Croombs, Jeremy Maron, Stacey Loyer, Anne de Stecher, Danielle Wiley, Tom Everett and Kyle Devine. I would also like to thank my colleagues from the University of Manitoba (including George To
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