The vampires of "Vathek"

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" The vampires of "Vathek" "
Amanda L. Roberts D. Schierenbeck

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	54159
Doc. No	:	TL24113
Call number	:	‭1465999‬
Main Entry	:	Amanda L. Roberts
Title & Author	:	The vampires of "Vathek"\ Amanda L. Roberts
College	:	University of Central Missouri
Date	:	2009
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2009
Page No	:	41
Abstract	:	Vathek , by William Beckford, may perhaps be the oldest vampire novel in English literature, a possibility that has gone completely unnoticed until now. Additionally, Vathek is usually only analyzed in regards to the Orientalist nature of the text and how the novel creates a false and even malicious way of looking at Arabic and Muslim peoples. But after looking at the role of vampires in the novel, one cannot help but see the world of fantasy that Beckford created to exist outside of real time and space. It is the existence of vampires in the novel that reveals there is another way than just the overarching negative interpretation of it; the novel is perhaps only a fantasy, a place to get lost, have fun, and enjoy the splendor that is the world of Vathek .
Subject	:	Language, literature and linguistics; Beckford, William; British and Irish literature; 0593:British and Irish literature
Added Entry	:	D. Schierenbeck
Added Entry	:	University of Central Missouri