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LAURENCE A. RICKELS
Copyright Date: 1999
Edition: NED - New edition
Published
by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 384
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts8f2
Book Description:
Bela Lugosi may-as the eighties gothic rock band Bauhaus sang-be dead, but the vampire lives on. A nightmarish figure dwelling somewhere between genuine terror and high camp, a morbid repository for the psychic projections of diverse cultures, an endlessly recyclable mass-media icon, the vampire is an enduring object of fascination, fear, ridicule, and reverence. In The Vampire Lectures, Laurence A. Rickels sifts through the rich mythology of vampirism, from medieval folklore to Marilyn Manson, to explore the profound and unconscious appeal of the undead.
eISBN: 978-0-8166-9050-3
Subjects: Language & Literature