Gothic World of Anne Rice - Hardcover

Hoppenstand & Browne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879727071 ISBN 13: 9780879727079

Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press,US, 1996

Synopsis

This anthology argues for the serious study of the literary oeuvre of Anne Rice, a major figure in today's popular literature. The essays assert that Rice expands the conventions of the horror genre's formula to examine important social issues. Like a handful of authors working in this genre, Rice manipulates its otherwise predictable narrative structures so that a larger, more interesting cultural mythology can be developed. Rice searches for philosophical truth, examining themes of good and evil, the influence on people and society of both nature and nurture, and the conflict and dependence of humanism and science.

About this title

Synopsis:

One of the dizzying aspects of postmodern life is that we're subjected to a barrage of unmediated information, all trying to convince us that value is in the eye of the beholder. The 18 essays in this volume contribute to the overload with scholarly ruminations on vampires, Rice and her gothic heritage, eroticism and religious codes, the New Age va

About this edition

• Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0879727071
• ISBN 13: 9780879727079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261