The Vampire as Numinous Experience

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Beschreibung

The critical work examines the vampire as a spiritual figure--whether literal or metaphorical--analyzing how the use of the vampire in literature has served to convey both a human sense of alienation from the divine and a desire to overcome that alienation. While expressing isolation, the vampire also represents the transcendent agent through which individuals and societies must confront questions about innate good or evil, and belief in the divine and the afterlife.
Textual experiences of the numinous in the form of the vampire propel the subject on a spiritual journey involving both psychological and religious qualities. Through this journey, the reader and the main character may begin to understand the value of their existence and the divine. A variety of works, poetry and fiction by British and American authors, is discussed, with particular concentration on Coleridge's ""The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,"" Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, as representative of the Romantic, Victorian, and late twentieth century periods of literature. A conclusion looks at the future of the literary vampire.

Über den Autor

Beth E. McDonald is an instructor with the English department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She lives in Las Vegas.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface

1. Dreadful Revelations: The Numinous and the Vampire

2. Surrendering the Self: The Numinous and the Vampire in Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

3. Recreating the World: The Sacred and the Profane in Bram Stoker's Dracula

4. Eros and the Thanatotic Hero: Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles

Conclusion: Vampires for a New Age
Chapter Notes
Works Cited
Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Genre:	Allgemeine Lexika , Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786419470
ISBN-10:	0786419474
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	McDonald, Beth E.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Beth E. McDonald
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.07.2004
Gewicht:	0,349 kg