LEADER 02732nam a2200565Ii 4500001 9992652433506421 005 20180529042802.7 006 m o d | 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 110620s2010 nyu obq 001 0 eng d 010 |z2009042766 020 9781571138170 |q(electronic bk.) 020 157113817X |q(electronic bk.) 020 |z9781571134325 020 |z1571134328 035 (NhCcYBP)om39029539 035 |z(NjP)Voyager9265243 037 22573/ctt22qtt |bJSTOR 040 NhCcYBP |cNhCcYBP 043 e------ 050 4 PN56.V3 |bB87 2010 082 04 809/.93375 |222 099 Electronic Resource 100 1 Butler, Erik, |d1971- |eauthor. 245 10 Metamorphoses of the vampire in literature and film : |bcultural transformations in Europe, 1732-1933 / |cErik Butler. 264 1 Rochester, New York : |bCamden House, |c2010. 300 1 online resource (ix, 225 pages). 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 data file |2rda 380 Filmography 490 1 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 520 "For the last three hundred years, fictions of the vampire have fed off anxieties about cultural continuity. Though commonly represented as a parasitic aggressor from without, the vampire is in fact a native of Europe, and its "metamorphoses," to quote Baudelaire, a distorted image of social transformation. Because the vampire grows strong whenever and wherever traditions weaken, its representations have multiplied with every political, economic, and technological revolution from the eighteenth century on. Today, in the age of globalization, vampire fictions are more virulent than ever, and the monster enjoys hunting grounds as vast as the international market. Metamorphoses of the Vampire explains why representations of vampirism began in the eighteenth century, flourished in the nineteenth, and came to eclipse nearly all other forms of monstrosity in the early twentieth century. Many of the works by French and German authors discussed here have never been presented to students and scholars in the English-speaking world. While there are many excellent studies that examine Victorian vampires, the undead in cinema, contemporary vampire fictions, and the vampire in folklore, until now no work has attempted to account for the unifying logic that underlies the vampire's many and often apparently contradictory forms. Erik Butler is assistant professor of German Studies at Emory University, where he also teaches comparative literature and film." 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213), filmography (p. 215-216) , and index. 533 Electronic reproduction. |bNew York |nAvailable via World Wide Web. 588 0 Print version record. 651 7 Europe. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01245064 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 650 0 Vampires in literature. 650 0 Vampires |xHistory. 650 0 Horror tales, European |xHistory and criticism. 650 0 European fiction |xHistory and criticism. 650 0 Vampire films |xHistory and criticism. 650 0 Social change in literature. 650 0 Literature and society |zEurope |xHistory. 648 7 Geschichte 1732-1933 |2swd 648 7 Geschichte 1918-1933 |2swd 776 08 |iPrint version:Butler, Erik, 1971- |tMetamorphoses of the vampire in literature and film. |dRochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2010 |z9781571134325 |w(DLC) 2009042766 830 0 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 910 JSTOR DDA 956 40 |uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt81zrh 980 6902138