Blood Read: The Vampire As Metaphor in Contemporary Culture

by Joan Gordon (Editor), Veronica Hollinger (Editor), Brian W. Aldiss

Over the past century the figure of the vampire has undergone many transformations--from Bram Stoker's original Dracula to Anne Rice's VAMPIRE CHRONICLES. Blood Read examines a wide range of vampire narratives from the perspective of both writers and scholars and shows how these transformations reflect ongoing changes in postmodern culture.

Softbound Univ of Pennsylvania Press (1997)