| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) |
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FAQ series |
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FAQ series (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm))
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. He, Who Commanded Nations: Bad Vlad, Dangerous to Know; 2. Dead and Undead: Vampire Myths Through the Ages; 3. Precursors of Dracula: Victorian Vampires; 4. Un-Dead on Arrival: Bram Stoker and Dracula; 5. The Curtain Rises: Dracula on Stage; 6. Music of the Night: Vampire Musicals; 7. Symphonies of Horror: Vampires in the Fine Arts; 8. Silent Screams: Nosferatu; 9. "I Am ... Dracula": Bela Lugosi, Vampiric Valentino; 10. Bogeymen in Black and White: The Universal Draculas; 11. Hammer Time! Christopher Lee |
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12. The Byronic Bloodsucker: Frank Langella13. A Feast of Blood: Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula; 14. Vamping for Laughs: Dracula Comedies; 15. The Dead, the Bad, and the Ugly: Other Dracula Movies; 16. Bad-Ass Bloodsuckers: Blacula and Blade; 17. Louis and Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles; 18. A Bright, Shining Success: The Twilight Saga; 19. From Beyond the Grave: Vampire Cinema Through the Decades; 20. At Home with the Count: Dracula on Television; 21. Death in the Afternoon: Dark Shadows; 22. Blood on the Tube: Dracula Telefilms; 23. Vamping for Ratings: Small Screen Terrors |
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24. Video Vixens: Vampira Versus Elvira25. License to Chill: Vampire Merchandising; 26. Blood Read: Dracula in the Comics; 27. Out of the Casket: Goth and Vampire Culture; 28. What Music They Make: Songs About Dracula and Other Vampires; 29. There Are Such Things: Real-Life Vampires; 30. For Your Mother's Sake: Protection from Vampires; 31. Enter Freely and of Your Own Will: Vampire Societies; Selected Bibliography |
| Summary |
Dracula FAQ unearths little-known facts about both the historical and literary Dracula. The 15th-century warlord Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula (son of the Dragon), became a legendary figure in his native Wallachia. Four hundred years later, Irish author Bram Stoker appropriated Dracula's name for a vampire novel he spent seven years researching and writing. Considered one of the great classics of Gothic literature, Dracula went on to inspire numerous stage plays, musicals, movies, and TV adaptations with actors as diverse as Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Frank Langella, Louis Jourdan, Gary Oldman, and Gerard Butler taking on the role of the vampire king. And with Dracula proving the popularity of vampires, other bloodsuckers rose from their graves to terrify book, movie, and TV audiences from Barnabas Collins of Dark Shadows to The Night Stalker to the vampires of True Blood on the small screen, and Interview with the Vampire and Twilight on the big screen. More recently, Dracula has been resurrected for a TV series starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and a feature film starring Luke Evans. Dracula FAQ covers all of these and more, including the amazing stories of real-life vampires! |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-332) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) -- Miscellanea
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| SUBJECT |
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) fast |
| Subject |
Vampires in mass media.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Vampires in mass media
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021693686 |
| ISBN |
9781617136375 |
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1617136379 |
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1617136360 |
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9781617136368 |
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