From Conqueror to Rebel Without a Cause : The Change in the Symbolic Function of Vampires, from Bram Stoker’s Imperialistic Dracula to Anne Rice’s Anarchistic The Vampire Lestat

Abstract In this essay I look at the change in the symbolic function of vampires, and to see this I use Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat. My argument is that the difference between Dracula and Lestat is basically that they represent different ideologies, with Dracula being an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johansson, Fredrik
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora 2009
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2572