«Le démon buveur de sang n’a cessé de poursuivre son chemin dans notre imaginaire. Sous le nom de vampire, il est devenu un personnage favori du genre fantastique et présente le cas d’une superstition ayant acquis le statut de mythe mondial. Cet ouvrage présente un panorama du vampirisme. Il aborde aussi la “réalité vampirique”, incarnée par des personnes convaincues d’être des vampires.»
Format: Collectif
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Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Modern Culture
«The vampire is one of the nineteenth century’s most powerful surviving archetypes, due largely to Bela Lugosi’s portrayal of Dracula, the Bram Stoker creation. Yet the figure of the vampire has undergone many transformations in recent years, thanks to Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles and other works, and many young people now identify with vampires in complex ways.” “Scholars and writers from the United States, Canada, England, and Japan examine how today’s vampire has evolved from that of the last century, consider the vampire as a metaphor for consumption within the context of social concerns, and discuss the vampire figure in terms of contemporary literary theory. In addition, three writers of vampire fiction – Suzy McKee Charnas (author of the now-classic The Vampire Tapestry), Brian Stableford (writer of the lively and erudite novels The Empire of Fear and Young Blood), and Jewelle Gomez (creator of the dazzling Gilda stories) – discuss their own uses of the vampire, focusing on race and gender politics, eroticism, and the nature of evil.»
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The Lure of the Vampire: Gender, Fiction and Fandom from Bram Stoker to Buffy
«This title explores the enduring myth of Dracula and vampires and just why it has remained so popular for so long.»