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Open graves, open minds: Representations of vampires and the Undead from the Enlightenment to the present day
Sam George (Ed.)
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Description for Open graves, open minds: Representations of vampires and the Undead from the Enlightenment to the present day
Paperback. Relates the Undead in literature and other media to questions concerning genre, technology, consumption and social change Editor(s): George, Sam; Hughes, Bill. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
This collection of interconnected essays relates the Undead in literature, art and other media to questions concerning gender, race, genre, technology, consumption and social change. A coherent narrative follows Enlightenment studies of the vampire's origins in folklore and folk panics, the sources of vampire fiction, through Romantic incarnations in Byron and Polidori to Le Fanu's Carmilla. Further essays discuss the Undead in the context of Dracula, fin-de-siecle decadence, Nazi Germany and early cinematic treatments. The rise of the sympathetic vampire is charted from Coppola's film, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. More ... Read more
This collection of interconnected essays relates the Undead in literature, art and other media to questions concerning gender, race, genre, technology, consumption and social change. A coherent narrative follows Enlightenment studies of the vampire's origins in folklore and folk panics, the sources of vampire fiction, through Romantic incarnations in Byron and Polidori to Le Fanu's Carmilla. Further essays discuss the Undead in the context of Dracula, fin-de-siecle decadence, Nazi Germany and early cinematic treatments. The rise of the sympathetic vampire is charted from Coppola's film, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. More ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
527g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784993627
SKU
V9781784993627
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99-15
About Sam George (Ed.)
Sam George is Senior Lecturer in Literature at the University of Hertfordshire Bill Hughes was recently awarded his doctorate from the University of Sheffield -- .
Reviews for Open graves, open minds: Representations of vampires and the Undead from the Enlightenment to the present day
'...the book is highly recommended as a primary reference work on the media vampire.' Andy Boylan, Taliesin Meets the Vampires blog, 13 March 2015
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