Tim Burton: The Monster and the Crowd - A Post-Jungian Perspective (Electronic book text)

Tim BurtonOCOs films are well known for being complex and emotionally powerful. In this book, Helena Bassil-Morozow employs Jungian and post-Jungian concepts of unconscious mental processes along with film semiotics, analysis of narrative devices and cinematic history, to explore the reworking of myth and fairytale in BurtonOCOs gothic fantasy world.

The book explores the idea that BurtonOCOs lonely, rebellious OCymonstrousOCO protagonists roam the earth because they are unable to fit into the normalising tendencies of society and become part of OCythe crowdOCO. Divided into six chapters the book considers the concept of the archetype in various settings focusing on:

• the child
• the monster
• the superhero
• the genius
• the maniac
• the monstrous society.

Tim Burton: The Monster and the Crowd offers an entirely fresh perspective on Tim BurtonOCOs works. The book is essential reading for students and scholars of film or Jungian psychology, as well as anyone interested in critical issues in contemporary culture. It will also be of great help to those fans of Tim Burton who have been searching for a profound academic analysis of his works. "