Reading the Vampire

by Ken Gelder

Book Overview

Insatiable bloodlust, dangerous sexualities, the horror of the undead, uncharted Trannsylvanian wildernesses, and a morbid fascination with the other': the legend of the vampire continues to haunt popular imagination.
Reading the Vampire examines the vampire in all its various manifestations and cultural meanings. Ken Gelder investigates vampire narratives in literature and in film, from early vampire stories like Sheridan Le Fanu's lesbian vampire'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415080134
• ISBN13: 9780415080132
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary