Our Vampires, Ourselves

Our Vampires, Ourselves
Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 265
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226056180
ISBN-13 : 022605618X
Rating : 4/5 (18X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Our Vampires, Ourselves by : Nina Auerbach

Download or read book Our Vampires, Ourselves written by Nina Auerbach and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “vigorous, witty look at the undead as cultural icons in 19th- and 20th-century England and America” examines the many meanings of the vampire myth (Kirkus Reviews). From Byron’s Lord Ruthven to Anne Rice’s Lestat to the black bisexual heroine of Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories, vampires have taken many forms, capturing and recapturing our imaginations for centuries. In Our Vampires, Ourselves, Nina Auerbach explores the rich history of this literary and cultural phenomenon to illuminate how every age embraces the vampire it needs—and gets the vampire it deserves. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Auerbach follows the evolution of the vampire from 19th century England to 20th century America. Using the mercurial figure as a lens for viewing the last two hundred years of Anglo-American cultural history, “this seductive work offers profound insights into many of the urgent concerns of our time” (Wendy Doniger, The Nation).


Our Vampires, Ourselves Related Books

Our Vampires, Ourselves
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Nina Auerbach
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-12 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This “vigorous, witty look at the undead as cultural icons in 19th- and 20th-century England and America” examines the many meanings of the vampire myth (Ki
Unholy Hungers
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Barbara E. Hort
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-06-18 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Vampires are not just imaginary creatures of fiction or legend—they really exist. They are the people who, having never received love, settle for power instea
Reading the Vampire
Language: en
Pages: 174
Authors: Ken Gelder
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-08-27 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Insatiable bloodlust, dangerous sexualities, the horror of the undead, uncharted Trannsylvanian wildernesses, and a morbid fascination with the `other': the leg
Forbidden Journeys
Language: en
Pages: 381
Authors: Nina Auerbach
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

IntroductionPart One: Refashioning Fairy TalesThe Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Anne Thackeray RitchieBeauty and the Beast, Anne Thackeray RitchieThe Brown Bull
Blood Read
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Joan Gordon
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-10 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The vampire is one of the nineteenth century's most powerful surviving archetypes, owing largely to Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula, the Bram Stoker creation