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4.0 out of 5 stars
Glad I Bought It,
By nansee555 (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows of the Imagination (I.O. Evans studies in the philosophy and criticism of literature) (Paperback)
*Weird Tales* editor Schweitzer's writing style is enjoyable because his voice is academic yet conversational (or maybe the other way around). I bought the book for the essay on Dracula, "Count Dracula and His Adaptors," but the other essays were good reads as well and the text overall is a good find (I couldn't find this particular essay anywhere else.) "Count Dracula" reminds everyone that Stoker's Dracula was a repulsive monster, not a romantic Byron impersonator. I also was happy to discover "Prospero's Dracula," a short review of Coppola's *Bram Stoker's Dracula* in which he talks about how it's anything but, and lacks contrast between the real and the unreal (His favorite Drac adaptation is Hammer's *Horror of Dracula*.) Just a few of the other essays are those on Lovecraft, an interview *with* Poe, some film and book reviews, and ones on writing itself. His answer to "Why Horror Fiction?" "Well, it's *neat*. That's why." Totally. I loved the final essay, "Creating Frivolous Literary Theories" (FLT). (Poe's stories were actually penned by Matthew "Monk" Lewis.)
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Windows of the Imagination (I.O. Evans studies in the philosophy and criticism of literature) by Darrell Schweitzer (Paperback - December 1, 1998)
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