Hollywood gothic : the tangled web of Dracula from novel to stage to screen
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New York ; W.W. Norton & Company, [1990].
ISBN
0393029042, 9780393029048, 0393308057, 9780393308051
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Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Stacks | 823.8 SKA | On Shelf |
Dolton Public Library District - Stacks | 823.8 SKA | On Shelf |
Grande Prairie Public Library District - Stacks | 791.437 SKA | On Shelf |
Northlake Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 791.43 Skal | On Shelf |
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Published
New York ; W.W. Norton & Company, [1990].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
242 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0393029042, 9780393029048, 0393308057, 9780393308051
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
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 commodity, digging through the populist veneer to reveal what the prince of darkness says about us all.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Skal, D. J. (1990). Hollywood gothic: the tangled web of Dracula from novel to stage to screen . W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skal, David J.. 1990. Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula From Novel to Stage to Screen. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skal, David J.. Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula From Novel to Stage to Screen W.W. Norton & Company, 1990.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Skal, David J.. Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula From Novel to Stage to Screen W.W. Norton & Company, 1990.
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