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Author Hallab, Mary Y., 1940-

Title Vampire god : the allure of the undead in Western culture / Mary Y. Hallab
Published Albany : SUNY Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 169 pages)
Contents Vampires and science -- Vampires and society -- Vampires and psychology: body, soul, and self -- The religious vampire: reason, romantics, and Victorians -- The religious vampire: the twentieth century -- The vampire god: nature and the numinous
Summary "In [book title], [author] examines the mythic figure of the vampire from its origins in early Greek and Slavic folklore, its transformation by Romantics like Byron, Le Fanu, and Stoker, and its diverse representations in present-day popular culture. The allure of the vampire, [author] argues, lies in its persistent undeadness, its refusal to accept its mortal destiny of death and decay. Vampires appeal to our fear of dying and our hope for immortality, and as a focus for our doubts and speculations, vampire literature offers answers to many of our most urgent questions about the meaning of death, the nature of the human soul, and its possible survival after bodily dissolution."--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-160) and index
Notes English
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Subject Vampires in literature.
Vampire films
Vampires on television.
Folk literature -- History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Fantasy fiction
Folk literature
Vampire films
Vampires in literature
Vampires on television
Fernsehsendung
Vampir
Literatur
Film
Bellettrie.
Films.
Vampiers.
Religieuze aspecten.
Vampir.
culture -- Occident -- vampire -- Antiquité -- 21e s. (début)
culture populaire -- vampire -- 20e s. (fin) -- 21e s. (début)
Genre/Form Vampire films
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Vampire films.
Films de vampires.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441627209
1441627200
1438428588
9781438428581