Animated Worlds

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Suzanne Buchan, David Surman, Paul Ward
John Libbey Publishing, 2006 - Performing Arts - 207 pages
Introduction / Suzanne Buchan -- The joyous reception: animated worlds and the romantic imagination / Rachel Kearney -- The animated spectator: watching the Quay Brothers' 'worlds' / Suzanne Buchan -- The strings of the marionette / Richard Weihe -- Gesturing toward Olympia / Heather Crow -- Literary Len: Trade Tattoo and Len Lye's link with the literary avant-garde / Miriam Harris -- Literary theory, animation and the 'subjective correlative': defining the narrative 'world' in Brit-lit animation / Paul Wells -- Animated fathers: representations of masculinity in The Simpsons and King of the hill / Suzanne Williams-Rautiola -- Animated interactions: animated aesthetics and the world of the 'interactive' documentary / Paul Ward -- New media worlds / Thomas Lamarre -- Style, consistancy and plausibility in the Fable gameworld / David Surman -- Final fantasies: computer graphic animation and the [dis]illusion of life / Vivian Sobchack -- An unrecognized treasure chest: the internet as animation archive / Karin Wehn.

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Contents

The Strings of the Marionette
39
Trade Tattoo and Len Lyes Link
63
Representations of Masculinity
95
Copyright

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About the author (2006)

Suzanne Buchan is Reader in Animation Studies, and head of the Animation Research Centre at the Faculty of Arts & Media, Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, United Kingdom.

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