Vampyres

A Literary Anthology

Vampyres
Christopher Frayling
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h198 x 129mm - 512pg
20 Oct 2022 UK
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9780500296776
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A comprehensive anthology of vampires in literature, from Dracula to Twilight. Christopher Frayling has spent 50 years exploring the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history of mass culture - the vampire. Vampyres is a comprehensive illustrated history of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. Frayling recounts the most significant moments in Gothic history, while extracts from a huge range of sources - including Bram Stoker' s detailed research notes for Dracula, penny-dreadfuls and Angela Carter' s The Lady of the House of Love, are contextualized and analysed. This revised and expanded edition brings Vampyres up to date with 21st-century vampire literature, including new text extracts, commentary and a revised introduction. Christopher Frayling also explores the development of the vampire in the visual arts, with illustrations ranging from 17th-century prints to 21st-century film stills, demonstrating the enduring appeal of the vampire from popular press to fine art and, finally, to film.
' A genuine contribution to vampire studies' - John Carey, The Sunday Times ' The myth is endlessly adaptable, it will fit in with any culture and its preoccupations. It haunts the European imagination . . . If you care to know in great detail how Bram Stoker put Dracula together - what sources he consulted, what libraries he visited - this is the book for you' - Hilary Mantel, Daily Telegraph ' A very Baedeker of vampirism' - Observer ' A capacious book dripping with suspense and replete with horror' - Financial Times ' An admirable selection of 19th-century vampire stories in an anthology that shows how blood-soaked and fertile was the soil from which Bram Stoker' s marvellous Dracula sprang in 1897' - Independent ' Frayling' s introduction is an outstanding piece of literary history: he has exhumed all kinds of quaint and curious lore with the indefatigable scholarly diligence of a Van Helsing, and his account of what he found among the dead men is perceptive, absorbing and witty . . . Vampyres certainly has the power to grip and enlighten' - Kevin Jackson, Independent on Sunday
Sir Christopher Frayling is an eminent wide-ranging cultural historian: the author of numerous publications on subjects ranging from vampires to Westerns; the writer and presenter of successful television series, whether on advertising, the Middle Ages or Tutankhamun. He is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and was Rector of the Royal College of Art, London, from 1996 to 2009, where he remains Professor Emeritus of Cultural History. His many public appointments have included Chairman of Arts Council England; Chairman of the Design Council; and the longest-serving Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is the author of many books, including The Yellow Peril, Cinema: The Whole Story and Sergio Leone, all published by Thames & Hudson.
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ISBN-13: 9780500296776
Published: 20 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 512

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