Vampyres: Genesis and Resurrection: From Count Dracula to Vampirella

by Frayling, Christopher
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ISBN: 9780500252215
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Vampyres is a comprehensive and generously illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. It incorporates extracts from a huge range of sources--from Bram Stoker's detailed research notes for Dracula to penny dreadfuls, to Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber (new to this edition) which is analyzed by the author in a broader cultural context.

This revised and expanded edition of the 1978 classic brings Vampyres up to date with twenty-first-century vampire literature, including new text extracts, commentary, and a revised introduction. For the first time, Christopher Frayling also explores the development of the vampire in the visual arts in four color-plate sections, with illustrations ranging from eighteenth-century prints to twenty-first-century film stills, demonstrating the enduring appeal of the vampire from popular press to fine art and, finally, to film.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Frayling, Christopher
  • ISBN: 9780500252215
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.30 x 1.90
  • Number Of Pages: 440
  • Publication Year: 2016
Language: English

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