Description |
vii, 231 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. Giving Up the Ghost: Nineteenth-Century Vampires -- 2. Dracula: A Vampire of Our Own -- 3. Our Vampire, Our Leader: Twentieth-Century Undeaths -- 4. Grave and Gay: Reagan's Years |
Summary |
Sometimes bewitchingly erotic, sometimes repellent, sometimes ravenous, vampires embody their societies' fears and forbidden dreams. In this wry, original book, literary critic and vampire enthusiast Nina Auerbach shows how every age embraces the vampire it needs and, at the same time, gets the vampire it deserves |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-220) and index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Gays in popular culture.
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Vampires -- History.
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Vampires -- Psychological aspects.
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Vampires -- Psychology.
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Vampires.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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Homosexuality.
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Mythology.
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Occultism.
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LC no. |
95001044 |
ISBN |
0226032019 (alk. paper) |
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0226032027 (paperback) |
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