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Title: |
The Blood of the Vampire |
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| By (author): |
Florence Marryat Edited by: Brooke Cameron, Rachel Friars |
| ISBN10-13: |
1554816750 : 9781554816750 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
350 |
| Weight: |
.500 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - November 2026 |
| List Price: |
22.95 Pounds Sterling |
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Not yet Published
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| In 1897, the British publicâ s appetite for Gothic speculative fiction showed little sign of waning, and there is perhaps no more famous example of Gothic fiction from the period than Bram Stokerâ s Dracula. While the novelâ s women are by turns monstrous and victimized, Stokerâ s text neglects to provide a portrait of a female vampire on par with his infamous Count. Florence Marryatâ s The Blood of the Vampire, from the same year, focuses on Harriet Brandt, a mixed-race woman who compulsively drains her victimsâ life force rather than their blood. The Blood of the Vampire expands the genre of Gothic fiction in the nineteenth centuryâ it is not merely â the other 1897 vampire novel,â but a milestone of the genre and a work that ingeniously reflected the Victoriansâ own anxieties back to them. This Broadview Edition includes a critical introduction and a broad range of historical appendices that expand the readerâ s understanding of the novelâ s historical context; materials on spiritualism, obeah, the â New Woman,â food and fatness, and the novelâ s contemporary reception are provided. |
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