Reading the Vampire

Ken Gelder, Tony Bennett, Graham Martin

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English

Routledge
01 September 1994

Film theory & criticism; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Humanities; Media studies

Series: Popular Fictions Series

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.

By: Ken Gelder
Edited by: Tony Bennett, Graham Martin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415080125
ISBN 10: 0415080126
Series: Popular Fictions Series
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 01 September 1994
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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