The vampire : a new history / Nick Groom.
The vampire : a new history / Nick Groom.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/6737
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xix, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction. Creating: thinking with vampires --
Part I: Circulating: The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries --
Part II: Coagulating: the nineteenth century to the present --
Conclusion. Crawling and creeping: living with vampires.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2018]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori's publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom's detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, when Enlightenment science collided with Eastern European folklore and apparently verified outbreaks o...
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Full title
The vampire : a new history / Nick Groom.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-272) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2018/6737
Record Identifier
74VKVQBk6zXM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQBk6zXM
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ISBN
0300232233 (hardcover)
9780300232233 (hardcover)
DDC
398.45
MMS ID
991024199702702626
