Over the past century the figure of the vampire has undergone many transformations--from Bram Stoker's original Dracula to Anne Rice's VAMPIRE CHRONICLES. BLOOD READ examines a wide range of vampire narratives from the perspective of both writers and scholars and shows how these transformations reflect ongoing changes in postmodern culture.
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Over the past century the figure of the vampire has undergone many transformations--from Bram Stoker's original Dracula to Anne Rice's VAMPIRE CHRONICLES. BLOOD READ examines a wide range of vampire narratives from the perspective of both writers and scholars and shows how these transformations reflect ongoing changes in postmodern culture.
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Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780812216288.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780812216288.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780812216288.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 264 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. First edition USA trade paperback, 1997 University Of Pennsylvania Press. It is in fine condition with no creasing to the spine or covers. Underlining in pencil to the text. Foreword by Brian Aldiss.
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Near Fine. Large 8vo xv, 264 pp, Foreword: Vampiresd: The Ancient Fear by Brian Aldiss; Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction: The Shape of Vampires by Joan Gordon and Veronica Hollinger; Part I. Reading History: 2. My Vampire, My Friend: The Intimacy Dracula Destroyed by Nina Auerbach; 3. Metaphor into Metonymy: The Vampire Next Door by Jules Zanger; 4. The Vampire as Alien in Contemporary Fiction by Margaret L Carter; 5. Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth: The Vampire in Search of Its Mother by Joan Gordon. Partr II. Reading the Writers: 6. Meditations in Red: On Writing The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas; 7. Sang for Supper: Notes on the Metaphorical Use of Vampires in The Empire of Fear and Young Blood; 8. Recasting the Mythology: Writing Vampire Fiction by Jowelle Gomez. Part III. Reading Consumption: 9. Dieting and Damnation: Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire by Sandra Tomc; 10. When Hollywood Sucks, or, Hungry Girls, Lost Boys, and Vampirism in the Age of Reason by Nicola Nixon; 11. Consuming Youth: The Lost Boys Cruise Mallworld by Rob Latham. Part IV. Reading the Other: 12. The Gilda Stories: Revealing the Monsters at the Margins by Miriam Jones; 13. Coming Out of the Coffin: Gay Males and Queer Goths in Contemporary Vampire Fiction by Trevor Holmes; 14. Techno-Gothic Japan: From Seishi Yokomizo's The Death's Head Stranger to Mariko Ohara's Ephemera the Vampire by Mari Kotani; 15. Fantasies of Absence: The Postmodern Vampira by Veronica Hollinger; notes, works cited, films cite, index, list of contributors. First Edition, 1997. "This book explores the many transformations the figure of the vampire has undergone and shows how they reflect and illuminate ongoing changes in postmodern culture. It focuses on the metaphorical roles played by vampires in contemporary fiction and film, revealing what they can tell us about sexuality and power, power and alienation, attitudes toward illness, and the definition of evil in a secular age." Only the faintest edge wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Illustrated wrappers.
