Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joan Gordon (Editor), Veronica Hollinger (Editor), Brian Aldiss (Contribution by)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:1997-10-01Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812216288ISBN-10:812216288UPC:9780812216288Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Folklore & MythologySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCKA237PPW
Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture
The vampire is one of the nineteenth century's most powerful surviving archetypes, owing largely to Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula, the Bram Stoker creation. Yet the figure of the vampire has undergone many transformations in recent years, thanks to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and other works, and many young people now identify with vampires in complex ways.
Blood Read explores these...Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812216288ISBN-10:812216288UPC:9780812216288Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Folklore & MythologySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCKA237PPW
Joan Gordon is Associate Professor of English at Nassau Community College in New York. Veronica Hollinger is Associate Professor in the Cultural Studies Program at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
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