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Dracula: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Reviews and Reactions, Dramatic and Film Variations, Criticism

Dracula: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Reviews and Reactions, Dramatic and Film Variations, Criticism more books like this

by Bram Stoker, David J Skal (Editor), Nina Auerbach (Editor)

The aristocratic vampire that haunts the Transylvanian countryside has captivated readers' imaginations since it was first published in 1897. Hindle asserts that Dracula depicts an embattled man's struggle to recover his "deepest sense of himself as a man", making it the "ultimate terror myth".

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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween

Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween more books like this

by David J Skal

From an acclaimed cultural critic and the author of "Hollywood Gothic" and "The Monster Show" comes an in-depth look at one of the most popular and perplexing holidays in America. One 8-page color insert. One 8-page b&w insert.

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Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen more books like this

by David J Skal

Dracula lives! From Victorian sexual nightmare to movie legend and cuddle toy, this cobwebby excursion through the life of a cultural icon follows Dracula's relentless trajectory from literary oddity to master media myth of the 20th century.

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The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror more books like this

by David J Skal

In this study, Skal examines the links between horror films and concurrent social and political histories.

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Vampires: Encounters with the Undead

Vampires: Encounters with the Undead more books like this

by David J Skal (Editor)

From the movies and comics to historic writings and journals, the fang-toothed creature of the night has gripped the imagination. This tome of the undead collects two centuries of fiction, legend, history, and ephemera about vampires. Expert David Skal provides commentary on each page, as well as over 200 b&w photographs, most of them from his ...

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V Is for Vampire: The A-Z Guide to Everything Undead

V Is for Vampire: The A-Z Guide to Everything Undead more books like this

by David J Skal

This compendium covers the history of vampires in popular media, from the 1847 penny novel, "Varney the Vampire", by James Malcolm Rymer through modern creators and manifestations, including Anne Rice and the recent vampire film, "From Dusk Til Dawn".

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Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival more books like this

by David J Skal, Elias Savada

One of the most original and unsettling filmmakers of all time, Browning is also one of the most enigmatic directors who ever worked in Hollywood. Illustrated throughout with rare photos, Dark Carnival is both an artful and shocking portrait of a singular film pioneer and an illuminating study of the evolution of horror, essential to an ...

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Screams of Reason: Mad Science & Modern Culture

Screams of Reason: Mad Science & Modern Culture more books like this

by David Skal

From the author of "Hollywood Gothic" and "The Monster Show" comes the definitive book on the men in white coats who haunt our technological dreams and nightmares: mad scientists. 100 photos. College lectures.

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Dracula: The Ultimate, Illustrated Edition of the World-Famous Vampire Play more books like this

by Hamilton Deane, David J Skal (Editor), John L Balderston

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Antibodies more books like this

by David J Skal

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Scavengers

by David J. Skal

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When We Were Good

by David J. Skal

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Graphic Communications for the Performing Arts more books like this

by David J. Skal (Editor), Robert E. Callahan (Illustrator), Theatre Communications Group

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Les Croque-Morts

by David J Skal

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