Monster With a 1000 Faces (Hardcover)
| Author: Brian J. Frost |
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
ISBN-10: 0879724595
ISBN-13: 9780879724597
Sku: 36258310
Publish Date: 2/9/2010
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(in Inches) 9.5H x 6.25L x 0.5T
Pages:
162
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Brian Frost chronicles the history of the vampire in myth and literature, providing a sumptuous repast for all devotees of the bizarre. In a wide-ranging survey, including plot summaries of hundreds of novels and short stories, the reader meets an amazing assortment of vampires from the pages of weird fiction, ranging from the 10,000-year-old femme fatale in Robert E. Howard''s "Conan the Conqueror "to the malevolent fetus in Eddy C. Bertin''s "Something Small, Something Hungry." Nostalgia buffs will enjoy a discussion of the vampire yarns in the pulp magazines of the interwar years, while fans of contemporary vampire fiction will also be sated. |
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Brian Frost chronicles the history of the vampire in myth and literature, providing a sumptuous repast for all devotees of the bizarre. In a wide-ranging survey, including plot summaries of hundreds of novels and short stories, the reader meets an amazing assortment of vampires from the pages of weird fiction, ranging from the 10,000-year-old femme fatale in Robert E. Howard's Conan the Conqueror to the malevolent fetus in Eddy C. Bertin's ?Something Small, Something Hungry.? Nostalgia buffs will enjoy a discussion of the vampire yarns in the pulp magazines of the interwar years, while fans of contemporary vampire fiction will also be sated. |
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