Reading the vampire /

Reading the vampire /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gelder, Ken, 1955-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 161 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Popular fictions series Popular fiction series.
Subject:	Vampires in literature. Vampire films -- History and criticism. Vampire films. Vampires in literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11116424

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ISBN:	020313205X 9780203132050 9780415080125 0415080126 9780415080132 0415080134 0415080134 0415080126 9786610335763 6610335761 1134895348 9781134895342 1280335769 9781280335761
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-156) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 vampire chronicles.
Other form:	Print version: Gelder, Ken, 1955- Reading the vampire. London ; New York : Routledge, 1994 0415080126
Standard no.:	ebc178325
Govt.docs classification:	LIT3033

Table of Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; ETHNIC VAMPIRES: TRANSYLVANIA AND BEYOND; VAMPIRES IN GREECE: BYRON AND POLIDORI; VAMPIRES AND THE UNCANNY: LE FANU'S 'CARMILLA'; READING DRACULA; VAMPIRES AND CINEMA: FROM NOSFERATU TO BRAM STOKER'S 'DRACULA'; VAMPIRES IN THE (OLD) NEW WORLD: ANNE RICE'S VAMPIRE CHRONICLES; VAMPIRE BLOCKBUSTERS: STEPHEN KING, DAN SIMMONS, BRIAN ALDISS AND S.P. SOMTOW; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index.