Metamorphoses of the Vampire in Literature and Film: Cultural Transformations in Europe, 1732-1933

(Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Series)

by Erik Butler

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The first study to propose a unifying logic underlying the many and varied representations of the vampire in literature and culture.

For the last three hundred years, fictions of the vampire have fed off anxieties about cultural continuity. Though commonly represented as a parasitic aggressor from without, the vampire is in fact a native of Europe, and its "metamorphoses," to quote Baudelaire, a distorted image of social transformation. Because...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1571135332

ISBN13:9781571135339

Release Date:December 2011

Publisher:Camden House (NY)

Length:238 Pages

Weight:0.78 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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