Hollywood Gothic
The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen
ISBN10: 0571211585
ISBN13: 9780571211586
Trade Paperback
384 Pages
$19.00
CA$25.99
Count Dracula—the original monster as icon—has long haunted the modern imagination. Renowned pop-culture author and film critic Skal here provides us with "the ultimate book on Dracula" (Newsweek) by fully and engagingly exploring his creation, evolution, and widespread infiltration. Now appearing in a revised edition, Hollywood Gothic maps the archetypal vampire's trajectory from Victorian literary oddity to early-film sensation to modern cultural commodity. Along the way, Skal also reveals what this dark prince says about us all.
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"Meticulously researched, engagingly written, and packed with rare, archival images . . . This history of Dracula reads life a novel itself."—The San Francisco Bay Chronicle
"Anyone interested in Bram Stoker's Dracula will find this book indispensable."—Ray Bradbury
"[Skal] tracks Transylvania's most popular vampire with dry wit and the skills of a fine detective."—The New York Times Book Review
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