Dracula : the connoisseur's guide / Leonard Wolf.

Author/creator Wolf, Leonard
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Broadway Books, ©1997.
Description321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: In which the Author Greets His Readers -- Ch. 1. In Which the Lore and Lure of Death and Vampirism are Displayed -- Ch. 2. In Which the Author Talks of Blood -- Ch. 3. In Which We Meet the Vampire Bat and Discover Its Family Values -- Ch. 4. In Which the Reader Meets the Horrible Vlad the Impaler: The Historical Dracula -- Ch. 5. In Which the Reader is Given a Raven's-Eye View of the Gothic Tradition in Literature -- Ch. 6. In Which We Meet the Fictional Precursors of the Vampire Brood -- Ch. 7. In Which Bram Stoker, the Mysterious Inventor of the King Vampire, Dracula, Steps Onstage -- Ch. 8. In Which the Author and His Connoisseur Readers Remember Stoker's Dracula Together -- Ch. 9. In Which We Look at Some of Dracula's Fictional Descendants -- Ch. 10. The Movie Draculas: All About Celluloid Dreams and Sex -- Conclusion: In Which a Thoughtful End and a Fairy Tale Come Together.
Local noteSee also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-297) and index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of James C. Holte, 2006.
Issued in other formOnline version: Wolf, Leonard. Dracula. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c1997
LCCN 96037538
ISBN0553069071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780553069075 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner Schlobin Fantasy Collection PN56.V3 W65 1997 ✔ Available Request Material