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

Informationen zum Autor Debra Dudek is an EnglishLecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University. Zusammenfassung 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. Dudek takes a close look at three hugely-popular vampire series for young adults, drawing parallels between the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer , the Twilight Saga novels/films, and The Vampire Diaries TV series/book series. By defining a new era of vampire texts and situating these three series within this transition, The Beloved Does Not Bite signals their significance and lays the groundwork for future scholarship on the flourishing genre of paranormal romances for young adults. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Debra Dudek, Dudek Debra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.2017
• EAN: 9780415788267
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78826-7
• No. of pages: 214
• 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