| Description |
xii, 259 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
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Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
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| Contents |
Twilight. You look good enough to eat: love, madness, and the food analogy / George A. Dunn ; Dying to eat: the vegetarian ethics of Twilight / Jean Kazez ; Can a vampire be a person? / Nicholas Michaud ; Carlisle: more compassionate than a speeding bullet? / Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen -- New moon. Vampire-Dämmerung: what can Twilight tell us about God? / Peter S. Fosl and Eli Fosl ; To bite or not to bite: Twilight, immortality, and the meaning of life / Brendan Shea ; Mind reading and morality: the moral hazards of being Edward / Eric Silverman ; Love and authority among wolves / Sara Worley -- Eclipse. Bella Swan and Sarah Palin: all the old myths are not true / Naomi Zack ; Vampire love: the second sex negotiates the twenty-first century / Bonnie Mann ; Edward Cullen and Bella Swan: Byronic and feminist heroes... or not / Abigail E. Myers ; Undead patriarchy and the possibility of love / Leah McClimans and J. Jeremy Wisnewski ; The "real" danger: fact vs. fiction for the girl audience / Rebecca Housel -- Breaking dawn. Twilight of an idol: our fatal attraction to vampires / Jennifer L. McMahon ; Bella's vampires semiotics / Dennis Knepp ; Space, time, and vampire ontology / Philip Puszczalowski ; For the strength of Bella? Meyer, vampires, and Mormonism / Marc E. Shaw ; The Tao of Jacob / Rebecca Housel |
| Summary |
Bella and Edward, and their family and friends, have faced countless dangers and philosophical dilemmas in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels. This book is the first to explore them, drawing on the wisdom of philosophical heavyweights to answer essential questions such as: what do the struggles of 'vegetarian' vampires who control their biological urge for human blood say about free will; are vampires morally absolved if they kill only animals and not people; from a feminist perspective, is Edward a romantic hero or is he just a stalker; and, is Jacob 'better' for Bella than Edward. As absorbing as the Meyer novels themselves, Twilight and Philosophy gives you a new perspective on Twilight characters, storylines, and themes |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight series
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Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- -- Philosophy.
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Vampires in literature.
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Immortality in literature.
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Immortality (Philosophy)
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Philosophy in literature.
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| Author |
Housel, Rebecca.
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Wisnewski, Jeremy.
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| LC no. |
2009030809 |
| ISBN |
9780470484234 (paperback) |
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