Beloved Does Not Bite - Moral Vampires and the Humans Who Love Them

List of contents

CONTENTS
List of Figures
Introduction: The Beloved Cycle—A New Vampire Sub-Genre
Chapter One: From Killing to Kissing—Tracing the Syntactic Redetermination
Chapter Two: "Doesn’t he own a shirt?"—Beauty and Justice
Chapter Three: "I could see your heart"—Looking Leads to Kissing
Chapter Four: "You have a heart?"—Loving, Leaving, and Letting Go
Chapter Five: "I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I need it"—
Vengeance, Compassion, and Forgiveness
Chapter Six: "But how do I stop a monster without becoming one?"—War and Killing
Conclusion: "If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live?"—
Fallen Angels, Emotional Zombies, and other Rebel Lovers
Index

About the author

Debra Dudek is an EnglishLecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University.

Summary

In this new monograph, author Debra Dudek defines a new era of vampire texts in which vampires have moved from their iconic dark, feared, often seductive figure lingering in alleys to the beloved and morally sensitive vampire winning the affections of teen protagonists throughout pop culture.

Product details

• Authors: Debra Dudek, Dudek Debra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367346362
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34636-2
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Science Fiction, History, Media Studies, Popular Culture, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literary studies: general, Children's & teenage literature studies