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"Tales of seduction... and death. In one of the most terrifying collections every assembled., Voices From the Vaults brings together 20 irresistibly bizarre tales of vampires and vampirism from the dripping pens of such all-time masters of the macabre as F. G. Loring, Robert Bloch, Bram Stoker, Théophile Gautier, Alexis Tolstoy, Peter Underwood, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and many others. Here are classic accounts of the undead--some fact, some fiction--from all over the world, including the histories of such legendary members of vampiredom as the Italian Count, whose castle bell-rope was made of human hair; England's Countess Sarah, who had children served up at her midnight feasts; France's lovely Clarimonde, who made a specialty of seducing young priests; Serbia's sentimental vourdalaks, who devoured only their closest relatives and dearest friends -- and many more stories. Sensuous, shocking, and unforgettable, Voices From the Vaults is not a book for the faint of heart. Within these pages are recorded some of the scariest -- and most seductive -- stories ever told anywhere on earth... or beneath it!" --Back cover.
First published in 1986, The Coherence of Gothic Conventions makes the case that the Gothic in English literature has been marked by a distinctive and highly influential set of ambitions about relations of meaning. Through readings of classic Gothic authors as well as of De Quincey and the Brontës, Sedgwick links the most characteristic thematic conventions of the Gothic firmly and usably to the genre’s radical claims for representation. The introduction clarifies the connection between the linguistic or epistemological argument of the Gothic and its epochal crystallization of modern gender and modern homophobia. This book will be of interest to students of literature, cultural studies and psychology.
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Few books have so seized the public imagination as Bram Stoker's Dracula, even more popular now than when it was first published in 1897. This critical work represents a rereading of the horror classic as a Christian text, one that alchemizes Platonism, Gnosticism, Mariology and Christian resurrection in a tale that explores the grotesque. Of particular interest is the way in which the Dracula narrative emerges from earlier vampire tales, which juxtapose Apollonian and Dionysian impulses. A strong addition to vampire and horror scholarship.
The Nazis thought escape was impossible. Colditz is the true story of the Allied prisoners held there and their (sometimes successful) efforts to escape, written by one of the POWs.
This book provides in-depth reviews of the role of Rhizobium in agriculture and its biotechnological applications. Individual chapters explore topics such as: the occurrence and distribution of Rhizobium; phenotypic and molecular characteristics of Rhizobium; impact of Rhizobium on other microbial communities in the rhizosphere; N2-fixation ability of Rhizobium; Rhizobium and biotic stress; Rhizobium-mediated restoration of an ecosystem; in silico analysis of the rhizobia pool; further biotechnological perspectives of Rhizobium.