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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Sevastakis, Michael. Songs of love and death. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993 (OCoLC)624156579 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Sevastakis |
| ISBN: | 0313279497 9780313279492 |
| OCLC Number: | 26547203 |
| Description: | xvii, 208 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. I. The Romantic as Necrophile. 1. Dracula: The Amorous Death. 2. The Mummy: Through Centuries of Love. 3. White Zombie: "Death and Love Together Mated" -- Pt. II. The Romantic as Modern Prometheus. 4. Frankenstein: Are Men Not Gods? 5. Island of Lost Souls: The Eden of the Grand Guignol. 6. The Bride of Frankenstein: A Friend for the Enemy of God -- Pt. III. The Romantic as a Symbol of Destiny. 7. The Invisible Man: "A Reign of Terror" 8. The Devil Doll: "Three Lives Must Pay" -- Pt. IV. The Romantic as Tormented Hero. 9. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Beast in the Man. 10. Mad Love: Torture by Obsession. 11. Dracula's Daughter: Vampirism as Psychosis. |
| Series Title: | Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 37. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Sevastakis. |
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