Animated Worlds

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.

• Introduction by Suzanne Buchan1. The Joyous Reception: Animated worlds and the Romantic Imagination by Rachel Kearney2. The Animated Spectator: Watching the Quay Brothers' "Worlds" by Suzanne Buchan3. The Strings of the Marionette by Richard Weihe4. Gesturing toward Olympia by Heather Crow5. Literary Len: Trade Tattoo and Len Lye's Link with the LIterary Avant-Garde by Miriam Harris6. Literary Theory, Animation, and the "Subjective Correlative": Defining the Narrative "World" in Brit-lit Animation by Paul Wells7. Animated Fathers: Representations of Masculinity in The Simpsons and King of the Hill by Suzanne Williams-Rautiola8. Animated Interactions: Animation Aesthetics and the World of the "Interactive" Documentary by Paul Ward9. New Media Worlds by Thomas Lamarre10. Style, Consistency, and Plausibility in the the Fable Gameworld by David Surman11. Final Fantasies: Computer Graphic Animation and the [Dis]Illusion of Life by Vivian Sobchack12. An Unrecognised Treasure chest: the Internet as Animation Archive by Karin Wehn