Christopher Frayling has spent 45 years exploring the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history of mass culture - the vampire. Vampyres is a comprehensive and generously illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. Frayling recounts the most significant moments in gothic history, while extracts from a huge range of sources - including Bram Stoker's detailed research notes for Dracula, penny dreadfuls and Angela ...
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Christopher Frayling has spent 45 years exploring the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history of mass culture - the vampire. Vampyres is a comprehensive and generously illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. Frayling recounts the most significant moments in gothic history, while extracts from a huge range of sources - including Bram Stoker's detailed research notes for Dracula, penny dreadfuls and Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber , new to this edition - are contextualized and analysed. This revised and expanded edition brings Vampyres up to date with 21st-century vampire literature, including new text extracts, commentary and a revised introduction. For the first time, Christopher Frayling also explores the development of the vampire in the visual arts in four colour-plate sections, with illustrations ranging from 18th-century prints to 21st-century film stills, demonstrating the enduring appeal of the vampire from popular press to fine art and, finally, to film.
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Thames and Hudson, 2016. First UK edition-first impression. Black hardback (black lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj (small mark on the front of the Dj cover from a price sticker, two small creases and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with colour, b/w drawings. Nice and clean pages with a small mark on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 463pp including Bibliography, sources of illustrations. Heavy book (approx. 1 K. g).
