
The Media Vampire
Andrew M. Boylan(Author)
Lulu.com (Publisher)
Published on 28. June 2012
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-1-4717-6428-8 (ISBN)
Description
From 18th Century poetry up to modern 3D cinema,the vampire has developed a genre in its own right.
Leaving behind its roots in phantasmagoria and horror, taking in romance, action and adventure, as well as flights of science fiction fantasy and political allegory.
The vampire is a part of all these fields of artistry and beyond them, a melting pot of imagination and invention that has captivated audiences around the world.
In the first part of this volume, Andrew M. Boylan - author of the famous vampire blog Taliesin Meets the Vampires, looks at the genesis of the vampire genre from Ossenfelder's poem Der Vampir to Bram Stoker's seminal novel Dracula.
The second part of the book spreads eclectically out from Dracula, just as the genre spread, taking in some famous kissing cousins of the genre as well as looking at the vampire's changing relationship with the divine and following the toothsome bloodsuckers out into space.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4717-6428-8 (9781471764288)
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Person
Andrew M. Boylan is the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Vampire Studies, Deputy President of the Vampire Studies Association, and author of The Media Vampire: A Study of Vampires in Fictional Media (2012).