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Open Graves, Open Minds - by Sam George & William Hughes (Paperback)

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  • This collection of interconnected essays relates the Undead in literature, art and other media to questions concerning gender, race, genre, technology, consumption and social change.
  • About the Author: Sam George is Senior Lecturer in Literature at the University of Hertfordshire Bill Hughes was recently awarded his doctorate from the University of Sheffield
  • 320 Pages
  • Literary Collections, Essays

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Relates the Undead in literature and other media to questions concerning genre, technology, consumption and social change



Book Synopsis



This collection of interconnected essays relates the Undead in literature, art and other media to questions concerning gender, race, genre, technology, consumption and social change.

A coherent narrative follows Enlightenment studies of the vampire's origins in folklore and folk panics, the sources of vampire fiction, through Romantic incarnations in Byron and Polidori to Le Fanu's Carmilla. Further essays discuss the Undead in the context of Dracula, fin-de-siècle decadence, Nazi Germany and early cinematic treatments. The rise of the sympathetic vampire is charted from Coppola's film, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. More recent manifestations in novels, TV, Goth subculture, young adult fiction and cinema are dealt with in discussions of True Blood, The Vampire Diaries and much more.

Featuring distinguished contributors, including a prominent novelist, and aimed at interdisciplinary scholars or postgraduate students, it will also appeal to aficionados of creative writing and Undead enthusiasts.

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Open graves, open minds relates the Undead in literature and other media to questions concerning genre, technology, consumption and social change. It features original research by leading scholars (Dr Sam George is a frequent commentator on the contemporary vampire; Dr Catherine Spooner, a pioneer of the study of Contemporary Gothic; and Dr Stacey Abbott is the author of the seminal work on the vampire in film and TV). The essays cover texts both familiar and unexpected, bringing debates around fictional vampires into the twenty-first century where they are currently enjoying a vogue.

This wide-ranging collection forms a coherent narrative which follows Enlightenment studies of the vampire's origins in folklore and folk panics, tracing sources of vampire fiction, through Romantic incarnations in Byron and Polidori to Le Fanu's Carmilla. Further essays discuss the undead in the context of Dracula, fin-de-siècle decadence and Nazi Germany together with early cinematic treatments. The rise of the sympathetic vampire is charted from Coppola's Dracula, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. More recent manifestations in novels, TV, Goth subculture, young adult fiction and cinema are dealt with in discussions of True Blood, The Vampire Diaries and much more.

The book is essential reading for those who wish to explore open graves with an open mind: scholars of literature and film, enthusiasts of all things vampiric and writers of Undead fiction. The Transylvanian notebooks of the award-winning novelist Marcus Sedgwick conclude the study, shedding light on recent trends in young adult fiction. Sedgwick lays bare the writing process for budding novelists and creative writers in the genre.



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'...the book is highly recommended as a primary reference work on the media vampire.'
Andy Boylan, Taliesin Meets the Vampires blog, 13 March 2015




About the Author



Sam George is Senior Lecturer in Literature at the University of Hertfordshire

Bill Hughes was recently awarded his doctorate from the University of Sheffield

Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.04 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Sam George & William Hughes
Language: English
Street Date: May 18, 2016
TCIN: 91570800
UPC: 9781784993627
Item Number (DPCI): 247-30-8790
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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