Open graves, open minds : Representations of vampires and the Undead from the Enlightenment to the present day / / edited by Sam George and Bill Hughes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, [England] ; ; Oxford, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations (black & white); digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 791.43675 |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires on television
Vampires in literature Vampire films Vampire films - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-5261-0215-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; 1. Introduction / Sam George and Bill Hughes -- ; 2. The deformed transformed; or, from bloodsucker to Byronic hero: Polidori and the literary vampire / Conrad Aquilina -- ; 3. Sheridan Le Fanu's vampires and Ireland's invited invasion / Julieann Ulin -- ; 4. 'He make in the mirror no reflect': undead aesthetics and mechanical reproduction : Dorian Gray, Dracula and David Reed's 'vampire painting' / Sam George -- ; 5. The vampire as dark and glorious necessity in George Sylvester Viereck's House of the Vampire and Hanns Heinz Ewers's Vampir / Lisa Lampert-Weissig -- ; 6. The undead in the kingdom of the shadows: the rise of the cinematic vampire / Stacey Abbott -- ; 7. Crossing oceans of time: Stoker, Coppola and the 'new vampire' film / Lindsey Scott -- ; 8. 'I feel strong. I feel different': transformations, vampires and language in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Malgorzata Drewniok -- ; 9. Gothic Charm School; or, how vampires learned to sparkle / Catherine Spooner -- ; 10. A vampire heaven: the economics of salvation in Dracula and The Twilight Saga / Jennifer H. Williams -- ; 11. The Twilight Saga and the pleasures of spectatorship: the broken body and the shining body / Sara Wasson and Sarah Artt -- ; 12. The postmodern vampire in 'post-race' America: HBO's True Blood / Michelle J. Smith -- ; 13. Myriad mirrors: doppelgängers and doubling in The Vampire Diaries / Kimberley McMahon-Coleman -- ; 14. The vampire in the machine: exploring the undead interface / Ivan Phillips -- ; 15. 'Legally recognised undead': essence, difference and assimilation in Daniel Waters's Generation Dead / Bill Hughes -- ; 16. The elusive vampire: folklore and fiction: writing My Swordhand is Singing / Marcus Sedgwick. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461051703321 |
Manchester, [England] ; ; Oxford, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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True blood and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : we wanna think bad things with you / / edited by George A. Dunn and Rebecca Housel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina |
791.457201
813.54 813/.54 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
HouselRebecca |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires in literature
Werewolves in literature Vampires on television Werewolves on television Immortality (Philosophy) Philosophy in literature |
ISBN |
0-470-64104-5
1-282-69094-9 9786612690945 0-470-64101-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. "I used to hate vampires, until I got to know one" : vampire-human ethics -- pt. 2. "Life-challenged individuals" : the politics of being dead -- pt. 3. "Their very blood is seductive" : eros, sexuality, and gender -- pt. 4. "I am actually older than your Jesus" : natural, supernatural, and divine -- pt. 5. "Our existence is insanity" : the metaphysics of supernatural beings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791258003321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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True blood and philosophy : we wanna think bad things with you / / edited by George A. Dunn and Rebecca Housel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
HouselRebecca |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires in literature
Werewolves in literature Vampires on television Werewolves on television Immortality (Philosophy) Philosophy in literature |
ISBN |
0-470-64104-5
1-282-69094-9 9786612690945 0-470-64101-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. "I used to hate vampires, until I got to know one" : vampire-human ethics -- pt. 2. "Life-challenged individuals" : the politics of being dead -- pt. 3. "Their very blood is seductive" : eros, sexuality, and gender -- pt. 4. "I am actually older than your Jesus" : natural, supernatural, and divine -- pt. 5. "Our existence is insanity" : the metaphysics of supernatural beings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814443003321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vampire god [[electronic resource] ] : the allure of the undead in Western culture / / Mary Y. Hallab |
Autore | Hallab Mary Y. <1940-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : SUNY Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/9375 |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires in literature
Vampire films Vampires on television Folk literature - History and criticism Fantasy fiction - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4384-2858-8
1-4416-2720-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455220703321 |
Hallab Mary Y. <1940-> | ||
Albany, : SUNY Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vampire god [[electronic resource] ] : the allure of the undead in Western culture / / Mary Y. Hallab |
Autore | Hallab Mary Y. <1940-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : SUNY Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/9375 |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires in literature
Vampire films Vampires on television Folk literature - History and criticism Fantasy fiction - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-4384-2858-8
1-4416-2720-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Vampires and science -- Vampires and society -- Vampires and psychology: body, soul, and self -- The religious vampire: reason, romantics, and Victorians -- The religious vampire: the twentieth century -- The vampire god: nature and the numinous. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778415103321 |
Hallab Mary Y. <1940-> | ||
Albany, : SUNY Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vampire god : the allure of the undead in Western culture / / Mary Y. Hallab |
Autore | Hallab Mary Y. <1940-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : SUNY Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/9375 |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires in literature
Vampire films Vampires on television Folk literature - History and criticism Fantasy fiction - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-4384-2858-8
1-4416-2720-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Vampires and science -- Vampires and society -- Vampires and psychology: body, soul, and self -- The religious vampire: reason, romantics, and Victorians -- The religious vampire: the twentieth century -- The vampire god: nature and the numinous. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815056903321 |
Hallab Mary Y. <1940-> | ||
Albany, : SUNY Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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