In this Book
- The Vampire in Nineteenth Century English Literature
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
Carol A. Senf traces the vampire’s evolution from folklore to twentieth-century popular culture and explains why this creature became such an important metaphor in Victorian England. This bloodsucker who had stalked the folklore of almost every culture became the property of serious artists and thinkers in Victorian England, including Charlotte and Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels. People who did not believe in the existence of vampires nonetheless saw numerous metaphoric possibilities in a creature from the past that exerted pressure on the present and was often threatening because of its sexuality.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgements
- pp. v-vi
- Chapter Six: Making Sense of the Changes
- pp. 140-164
- Bibliography
- pp. 194-204
- Back Cover
- p. 214
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299263836
Related ISBN(s)
9780879724245, 9780879724252
MARC Record
OCLC
839690460
Pages
212
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1988