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BL
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1008200
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b762570
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| Main Entry
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Gelder, Ken,1955-
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| Title & Author
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Reading the vampire /\ Ken Gelder.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1994.
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| Series Statement
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Popular fictions series
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xi, 161 pages)
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| ISBN
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020313205X
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: 0415080126
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: 0415080134
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: 1134895348
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: 1280335769
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: 6610335761
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: 9780203132050
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: 9780415080125
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: 9780415080132
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: 9781134895342
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: 9781280335761
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: 9786610335763
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0415080126
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0415080134
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-156) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; ETHNIC VAMPIRES: TRANSYLVANIA AND BEYOND; VAMPIRES IN GREECE: BYRON AND POLIDORI; VAMPIRES AND THE UNCANNY: LE FANU'S 'CARMILLA'; READING DRACULA; VAMPIRES AND CINEMA: FROM NOSFERATU TO BRAM STOKER'S 'DRACULA'; VAMPIRES IN THE (OLD) NEW WORLD: ANNE RICE'S VAMPIRE CHRONICLES; VAMPIRE BLOCKBUSTERS: STEPHEN KING, DAN SIMMONS, BRIAN ALDISS AND S.P. SOMTOW; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Gelder examines the vampire in its various film and narrative manifestations, placing the vampires in their cultural contexts. The author draws upon films such as Murnau's Nosferatu and books such as Anne Rice's vampire chronicles.
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Vampire films-- History and criticism.
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Vampires in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Literary.
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Vampire films.
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Vampires in literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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809.3/9375
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| LC Classification
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PN56.V3G45 1994eb
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| NLM classification
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17.93bcl
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24.34bcl
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