Fall 2010 - University of Illinois Press
Fall 2010 - University of Illinois Press
Fall 2010 - University of Illinois Press
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Film / Cultural Studies<br />
NEW IN PAPER<br />
The Living and the Undead<br />
Slaying Vampires, Exterminating Zombies<br />
Gregory A. Waller<br />
A cunning investigation <strong>of</strong> the monstrous in classic and<br />
modern horror<br />
“A fascinating account <strong>of</strong> the changing trends in vampire fiction . . .<br />
People truly interested in horror literature and films will find Waller’s book<br />
invaluable.”<br />
—West Coast Review <strong>of</strong> Books<br />
“Highly recommended as a source book for those interested in the horror<br />
genre. In addition, Waller’s book provides a critical abundance <strong>of</strong> empirical<br />
data for any scholar concerned with genre studies, history, adaptation,<br />
narrativity, and intertextuality.”<br />
—Wide Angle<br />
In this book, Gregory A. Waller shows why the vampire continues to fascinate<br />
us in film and fiction. Waller focuses upon a series <strong>of</strong> interrelated novels,<br />
stories, plays, films, and made-for-television movies: Bram Stoker’s<br />
Dracula (1897); several film adaptations <strong>of</strong> Stoker’s novel; F. W. Murnau’s<br />
Nosferatu, A Symphony <strong>of</strong> Horror (1922); Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the<br />
Vampyre (1979); and George Romero’s Night <strong>of</strong> the Living Dead (1968)<br />
and Dawn <strong>of</strong> the Dead (1979). All <strong>of</strong> these works, Waller argues, speak<br />
to our understanding and fear <strong>of</strong> evil and chaos, <strong>of</strong> desire and egotism, <strong>of</strong><br />
slavish dependence and masterful control. This paperback edition <strong>of</strong><br />
The Living and the Undead features a new preface in which Waller positions<br />
his analysis in relation to the explosion <strong>of</strong> vampire and zombie films,<br />
fiction, and criticism in the past twenty-five years.<br />
Gregory A. Waller is pr<strong>of</strong>essor and chair <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Communication<br />
and Culture at Indiana <strong>University</strong>, Bloomington. His books include<br />
Main Street Amusements: Movies and Commercial Entertainment in a<br />
Southern City, 1896–1930.<br />
AUGUST<br />
400 PAGES. 6 x 9 INCHES<br />
30 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
PAPER, 978-0-252-07772-2. $25.00s £16.99<br />
Also <strong>of</strong> Interest<br />
Queer Gothic<br />
GEORGE E. HAGGERTY<br />
Paper, 978-0-252-07353-3, $20.00s £13.99<br />
Dracula’s Crypt<br />
Bram Stoker, Irishness, and the Question <strong>of</strong> Blood<br />
JOSEPH VALENTE<br />
Cloth, 978-0-252-02696-6, $32.00x £21.99<br />
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