The Living Dead : A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature /

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In his Preface to The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature, James Twitchell writes that he is not interested in the current generation of vampires, which he finds "rude, boring and hopelessly adolescent. However, they have not always been this way. In fact, a century ago t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Twitchell, James B., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1981.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Engels.
Vampiers.
Letterkunde.
Vampires in literature.
Romanticism.
Horror tales.
English literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Romantisme > Anglophonie.
Vampires dans la litterature.
Recits d'horreur > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Romanticism > English-speaking countries.
Horror tales > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English-speaking countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The female vampire
  • The male vampire in poetry
  • The vampire in prose
  • The artist as vampire
  • Epilogue: D.H. Lawrence and the modern vampire
  • Appendix: Varney the vampire.

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