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  • Our Vampires, Ourselves

    by Nina Auerbach ...
    This "vigorous, witty look at the undead as cultural icons in 19th- and 20th-century England and America" examines the many meanings of the vampire myth ( Kirkus Reviews).From Byron's Lord Ruthven to Anne Rice's Lestat to the black bisexual heroine of Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories, vampires have taken many forms, capturing and recapturing our imaginations for centuries. In Our Vampires, ... Read more

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  • Forbidden Journeys

    Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers

    This "darkly entertaining" story collection is "a significant contribution to nineteenth-century cultural history, and especially feminist studies" ( United Press International).In the 1870s and 1880s, children's literature saw some astonishingly bold and innovative writing by women authors. As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nature, Politics, and the Arts

    Essays on Romantic Culture for Carl Woodring

    This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in conversation with Woodring’s teachings on literature and visual art and his commentaries on American culture. A multiple-authored chapter of postscripts on the aesthetic range of Woodring’s intellectual ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy

    Hogwarts for Muggles

    Series Book 7 - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    A philosophical exploration of the entire seven-book Harry Potter seriesHarry Potter has been heralded as one of the most popular book series of all time and the philosophical nature of Harry, Hermione, and Ron's quest to rid the world of its ultimate evil is one of the many things that make this series special. The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy covers all seven titles in J.K. Rowling's ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Harry Potter's Bookshelf

    The Great Books behind the Hogwarts Adventures

    by John Granger ...
    Harry Potter. The name conjures up J.K. Rowling's wondrous world of magic that has captured the imaginations of millions on both the printed page and the silver screen with bestselling novels and blockbuster films. The true magic found in this children's fantasy series lies not only in its appeal to people of all ages but in its connection to the greater world of classic literature.Harry Potter's ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter

    Edited by Elizabeth E. Heilman ...
    This thoroughly revised edition includes updated essays on cultural themes and literary analysis, and its new essays analyze the full scope of the seven-book series as both pop cultural phenomenon and as a set of literary texts. Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter, Second Edition draws on a wider range of intellectual traditions to explore the texts, including moral-theological analysis, ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Essays on Harry Potter

    Three essays about Harry Potter which show that J K Rowling has much in common with Dickens and that the books promote traditional family values. ... Read more

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  • The Everything Vampire Book

    From Vlad the Impaler to the vampire Lestat - a history of vampires in Literature, Film, and Legend

    Series series Everything® Series
    • An affordable, accessible companion to vampire literature, films, and TV • Several vampire movies are due out in 2008 and 2009: Twilight, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, and The Historian • Vampire communities are flourishing on the Internet—a simple “vampire societies” search on Google yields over 580,000 results • Everything reference books have sold more than 575,000 copies! Bram Stoker’s ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    Series series BrightSummaries.com
    Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, the first book in the bestselling series. In the novel, we are introduced to the Boy Who Lived and the wizarding world, which is inhabited by a range of ... Read more

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  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    Series series BrightSummaries.com
    Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, the novel that cast a spell on the hearts of children and adults all over the world. It tells the story of Harry Potter, a boy who learns that he is a wizard and ... Read more

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  • Dexter and Philosophy

    Mind over Spatter

    Series Book 58 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    What explains the huge popular following for Dexter, currently the most-watched show on cable, which sympathetically depicts a serial killer driven by a cruel compulsion to brutally slay one victim after another?Although Dexter Morgan kills only killers, he is not a vigilante animated by a sense of justice but a charming psychopath animated by a lust to kill, ritualistically and bloodily. However ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Anne Rice Reader

    A collection of the most fascinating essays, articles, and interpretations of bestselling author Anne Rice's complete works, by a variety of journalists and scholars. It includes a history of vampire literature, a professional dominatrix's examination of Rice's erotica, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film version of Interview with the Vampire. From the adventures of the Vampire ... Read more

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