The Vampire in Nineteenth Century English Literature

by Carol A. Senf

Book Overview

Carol A. Senf traces the vampire's evolution from folklore to twentieth-century popular culture and explains why this creature became such an important metaphor in Victorian England. This bloodsucker who had stalked the folklore of almost every culture became the property of serious artists and thinkers in Victorian England, including Charlotte and Emily Bront , George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels. People who did not believe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879724242
• ISBN13: 9780879724245
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Popular Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"