The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature

James B. Twitchell

Published by Duke University Press 1981

The Living Dead

A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature

James B. Twitchell

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822398479

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In his Preface to The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature, James Twitchell writes that he is not interested in the current generation of vampires, which he finds "rude, boring and hopelessly adolescent. However, they have not always been this way. In fact, a century ago they were often quite sophisticated, used by artists varied as Blake, Poe, Coleridge, the Brontes, Shelley, and Keats, to explain aspects of interpersonal relations. However vulgar the vampire has since become, it is important to remember that along with the Frankenstein monster, the vampire is one of the major mythic figures bequeathed to us by the English Romantics. Simply in terms of cultural influence and currency, the vampire is far more important than any other nineteenth-century archetypes; in fact, he is probably the most enduring and prolific mythic figure we have. This book traces the vampire out of folklore into serious art until he stabilizes early in this century into the character we all too easily recognize.

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James B. Twitchell is Alumni Professor of English at the University of Florida.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Female Vampire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3. The Male Vampire in Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
4. The Vampire in Prose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
5. The Artist as Vampire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Epilogue: D. H. Lawrence and the Modem Vampire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Appendix: Varney the Vampyre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 232

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Published: September 8, 1987
ISBN: 9780822398479