One hundred years after his creation by Bram Stoker, Dracula is still fascinating us. This study traces the changing nature of film representations of Dracula, from the early silent adaptations to recent popular dramas. Holte suggests that vampire films and
Dracula adaptations have become an independent genre, the dark romance, with its own set of narrative conventions and audience expectations combining horror and eroticism. This engaging study provides readers with a natural history of the vampire, an examination of the work of Bram Stoker, a history and analysis of many film adaptations of
Dracula, a survey of contemporary criticism and theory, and an extensive annotated bibliography of vampire film, fiction, and criticism.
About the AuthorJAMES CRAIG HOLTE is Associate Professor of English at East Carolina University. He is the author of
The Conversion Experience in America (Greenwood, 1992) and
The Ethnic I: A Sourcebook for Ethnic-American Autobiography (Greenwood, 1988).
Book InformationISBN 9780313292156
Author James Craig HolteFormat Hardback
Page Count 184
Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Weight(grams) 397g