The Vampire: A New History

Nick Groom

Published by Yale University Press 2018

The Vampire

A New History

Nick Groom

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300240818

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About this book

An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene

Author / Editor information

Groom Nick :

Nick Groom, known as the “Prof of Goth,” is professor of English at Exeter University, UK. His previous titles include The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction, and The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year, which was shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and came runner-up for BBC Countryfile Book of the Year.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XII
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	XIV
A Note on the Etymology of the Word Vampire Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
INTRODUCTION: CREATING THINKING WITH VAMPIRES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. CIRCULATING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
1. Unearthing the Dead: Medicine and Detection, Body and Mind Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. The Lands of Blood: Place and Race, Territory and Travel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Ghostly Theology: Rational Religion, Spiritual Reason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4. The Covenant of the Undead: Catholicism and Enlightenment, Sanctity and Danger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
PART II. COAGULATING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
5. The Cultures of Death: Gothic Romanticism, Deathly Words Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
6. Mortal Pathologies: Being Bestial, Living Lies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
7. Bleeding Gold: Gothic Capitalism and Undead Consumerism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
8. The Count, Dracula: Smoke and Mirrors – Pen, Paint and Blood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
CONCLUSION: CRAWLING AND CREEPING LIVING WITH VAMPIRES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Endnotes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 50 color + b-w illus.

eBook

Published: December 3, 2018
ISBN: 9780300240818