Anne Rice Reader
Published on 22. December 2010
368 pages
978-0-307-77563-4 (ISBN)
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A collection of the most fascinating essays, articles, and interpretations of bestselling author Anne Rice's complete works, by a variety of journalists and scholars. It includes a history of vampire literature, a professional dominatrix's examination of Rice's erotica, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film version of Interview with the Vampire. From the adventures of the Vampire Lestat to those of the Mayfair Witches, from the evocative historical epic Cry to Heaven to the uninhibited erotica of Exit to Eden and the Sleeping Beauty trilogy, The Anne Rice Reader presents a captivating range of perspectives on the imagination of a writer who has enthralled her generation.
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Katherine Ramsland
Anne Rice Reader
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02/1997
Ballantine Books Inc.
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Katherine Ramsland is the author of the acclaimed Anne Rice biography Prism of the Night, as well as The Vampire Companion, The Witches' Companion, and The Anne Rice Trivia Book. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part One - Anne Rice
- Introduction
- Anne Rice: An Overview, by Katherine Ramsland
- A Literary Friendship: Life Is Not a Footrace, by Kathleen Mackay
- The Landscape of Childhood Memories: New Orleans in the Life and Work of Anne Rice, by W. Kenneth Holditch
- Let the Flesh Instruct the Mind: A Quadrant Interview with Anne Rice, by Katherine Ramsland
- "October 4th, 1948," by Anne Rice
- "Nicholas and Jean," by Anne Rice
- Part Two - Literary Critiques
- Introduction
- The World of the Vampire: Rice's Contribution, by Gail Abbott Zimmerman
- Anne Rice and the Gothic Tradition, by Bette Roberts
- Lestat: The Vampire as Degenerate Genius, by Richard Noll
- Interview with the Vampire: How the Movie Finally Got Made, by Katherine Ramsland
- He Must Have Wept When He Made You: The Homoerotic Pothos in the Movie Version of Interview with the Vampire, by John Beebe
- The Real World of the Free People of Color in Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints, by Robin Miller
- The Price of Perfection: Cry to Heaven, Art, and Human Sacrifice, by Michelle Spedding and Katherine Ramsland
- How Do They Rate? Elliott Slater and Lasher as Love Slaves, by Claudia Varrin
- Erotic Art and the Birth of Self in Belinda, by S. K. Walker
- Visions, Dreams, Realities: The Problem of Imaginal Revelation, by Leonard George
- Anne Rice's Pastiche of the British "Thriller": Comparing The Mummy to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lot No. 249," by Gary Hoppenstand
- More than Kin, Less than Kind: The Mayfairs and the Taltos, by Kay Kinsella Rout
- Forced Consent and Voluptuous Captivity: The Paradoxical Psychology Behind Anne Rice's Erotic Imagination, by Katherine Ramsland
- About the Contributors
- About the Editor
