Reading the Vampire

By:

Ken Gelder

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Hardback

Series:

Popular Fictions Series

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This study investigates vampire narratives in literature and in film, from early vampire stories such as Polidori's "The Vampyre", J. Sheridan Le Fanu's "lesbian vampire" tale "Carmilla" and Bram Stoker's "Dracula", the most famous vampire narrative of all. It compares these stories to contemporary American vampire blockbusters by writers such as Stephen King, the historical vampire chronicles of Anne Rice, post-Ceausescu vampire narratives, and films such as F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" and Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula". The text places vampires in their cultural contexts, showing how vampire narratives reproduce the anxieties and fascinations of their times: from the 19th-century investments in travel and tourism, to issues of colonialism, national identity and obsessions with sex.

Author Biography:

Ken Gelder is Principal Lecturer in English, Media and Cultural Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester (on leave of absence from the University of Melbourne, Australia)., Professor of Cultural Studies School of Humanities Griffith University, Professor of English Literature Open University

Release date Australia

September 1st, 1994

Author

Ken Gelder

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

174

Series

Popular Fictions Series

Dimensions

156x234x11

ISBN-13

9780415080125

Product ID

1860837

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