Reading the Vampire - Brossura

Gelder, Ken

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415080134 ISBN 13: 9780415080132

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1994

Riassunto

Gelder examines the vampire in its various film and narrative manifestations, placing the vampires in their cultural contexts. The author draws upon films such as Murnau's Nosferatu and books such as Anne Rice's historical vampire chronicles.

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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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0415080134
• ISBN 13: 9780415080132
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 176