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The Vampire
A New History
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2018
About this book
An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene
Author / Editor information
Groom Nick :
Nick Groom, known as the “Prof of Goth,” is professor of English at Exeter University, UK. His previous titles include The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction, and The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year, which was shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and came runner-up for BBC Countryfile Book of the Year.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
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Foreword
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A Note on the Etymology of the Word Vampire
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INTRODUCTION: CREATING THINKING WITH VAMPIRES
1 - PART I. CIRCULATING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
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1. Unearthing the Dead: Medicine and Detection, Body and Mind
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2. The Lands of Blood: Place and Race, Territory and Travel
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3. Ghostly Theology: Rational Religion, Spiritual Reason
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4. The Covenant of the Undead: Catholicism and Enlightenment, Sanctity and Danger
73 - PART II. COAGULATING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
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5. The Cultures of Death: Gothic Romanticism, Deathly Words
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6. Mortal Pathologies: Being Bestial, Living Lies
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7. Bleeding Gold: Gothic Capitalism and Undead Consumerism
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8. The Count, Dracula: Smoke and Mirrors – Pen, Paint and Blood
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CONCLUSION: CRAWLING AND CREEPING LIVING WITH VAMPIRES
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Endnotes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 3, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9780300240818
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
288
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50 color + b-w illus.
