Similar Products

The Monster Show - by David J Skal (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Something in the Blood - by David J Skal (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target14.19 USD

Hollywood Heyday - by David Fantle (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Fright Favorites - (Turner Classic Movies) by David J Skal & Turner Classic Movies (Hardcover)

< 3 ay

Target16.59 USD

Late Gothic - (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Gothic Tourism - (Palgrave Gothic) by Emma McEvoy (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

British Gothic Cinema - (Palgrave Gothic) by B Forshaw (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target49.99 USD

The Hollywood Body Plan - by David Higgins (Hardcover)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Gothic and death - (International Gothic) by Carol Margaret Davison (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target29.95 USD

Once Upon a Gothic - (A World of Gothic) by Alicia Dean (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target15.99 USD

Load more

Products of same category from the store

Off Ramp: God's Exit from Abuse, 3 - by Deborah Silva (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Selling the Invisible - by Harry Beckwith (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target15.39 USD

Hot Rod Body and Chassis Builder's Guide - (Motorbooks Workshop) by Dennis W Parks (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target25.99 USD

A Whale Hunt - by Robert Sullivan (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Adonis Complex - by Harrison G Pope & Roberto Olivardia & Katherine A Phillips (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards - by Jay Feldman (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Writing of Fiction - by Edith Wharton (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The First Air War - by Lee Kennett (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Lead . . . for God's Sake! - by Todd Gongwer (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Mission - by Ash Dykes (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Darwin Devolves - by Michael J Behe (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Product info

<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a bat, wolf, or mist; a mortal vulnerability to a wooden stake through the heart or a shaft of sunlight. In this critically acclaimed excursion through the life of a cultural icon, David Skal maps out the archetypal vampire's relentless trajectory from Victorian literary oddity to movie idol to cultural commidity, digging through the populist veneer to reveal what the prince of darkness says about us all.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Tracks Transylvania's most popular vampire with dry wit and the skills of a fine detective." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p><p>"Witty, comprehensive . . . For those who take Halloween seriously, this is something to gnaw on long after those trick-or-treaters are gone." --<i>The Los Angeles Times Book Review</i></p><p>"Meticulously researched, engagingly written and packed with rare, archival images . . . The history of <i>Dracula</i> reads like a novel itself." --<i>The San Francisco Bay Guardian</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>David J. Skal</b> is the author of numerous books on popular culture, including <i>The Monster Show</i> (Faber, 2001) and <i>Death Makes a Holiday</i>. He is the co-editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker's <i>Dracula.</i></p>

Price History