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Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture: What Becomes a Legend Most Hardcover – September 30, 2002
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William Patrick Day
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While vampire stories have been part of Western culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent dccades that they have become a central part of American popular culture. Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture examines how vampire stories - from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Blacula, from Bela Lugosi to Love at First Bite - have become part of our ongoing debate about what it means to be human.
William Patrick Day looks at how writers and filmmakers as diverse as Anne Rice and Andy Warhol present the vampire as an archetype of human identity and how many postmodern vampire stories reflect our fear of and attraction to addiction and violence. He argues that the prevailing tendency of authors in the first half of the twentieth century to use vampire characters to caution against succumbing to sexual impulse has since changed; today, in the vampire's struggle between embracing and denying its nature, we see reflected our own uncertain balance between moral restraint and liberation.
William Patrick Day looks at how writers and filmmakers as diverse as Anne Rice and Andy Warhol present the vampire as an archetype of human identity and how many postmodern vampire stories reflect our fear of and attraction to addiction and violence. He argues that the prevailing tendency of authors in the first half of the twentieth century to use vampire characters to caution against succumbing to sexual impulse has since changed; today, in the vampire's struggle between embracing and denying its nature, we see reflected our own uncertain balance between moral restraint and liberation.
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
- Publication dateSeptember 30, 2002
- Dimensions6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100813122422
- ISBN-13978-0813122427
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"A nice blend of cultural history, sociology, literary history, media history, folk culture, and popular culture." -- Garyn G. Roberts
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William Patrick Day is professor of English at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
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- Publisher : University Press of Kentucky (September 30, 2002)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0813122422
- ISBN-13 : 978-0813122427
- Item Weight : 1.07 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,123,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,734 in Folklore (Books)
- #14,523 in Folklore & Mythology Studies
- #23,795 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences
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This book was purchased as an addition to my extensive Vampire reference collection. I was not disappointed. It covers all genres of the modern Vampire myth, and attempts to explain why we are drawn to them.
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a boring read needed it for a class read as much as i could if you are in to vampires read it you will like it its just not for me.
