Ken Gelder

Reading the Vampire (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

the anxieties and fascinations of their times--from nineteenth century investmets in travel and tourism, issues of colonialism and national identity and obsessions with sex, to queer identity of the vampire, the association of the vampire with the "global exotic" and current concerns about wayward youth and the family.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134895342
• Artikelnr.: 38258780

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Ethnic Vampires: Transylvania and beyond
Part 1 Vampires in Greece: Byron and Polidori
Part 2 Vampires and the Uncanny: Le Fanu's 'carmilla
Part 3 Reading Dracula
Part 4 Vampires and Cinema: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker's 'dracula'
Part 5 Vampires in the (old) New World: Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
Part 6 Vampire Blockbusters: Stephen King, Dan Simmons, Brian Aldiss and S.p. Somtow
Part 7 Conclusion