{"product_id":"the-living-and-the-undead-gregory-a-waller-9780252077722","title":"The Living and the Undead: Slaying Vampires, Exterminating Zombies","description":"With a legacy stretching back into legend and folklore, the vampire in all its guises haunts the film and fiction of the twentieth century and remains the most enduring of all the monstrous threats that roam the landscapes of horror. In \u003ci\u003eThe Living and the Undead, \u003c\/i\u003e Gregory A. Waller shows why this creature continues to fascinate us and why every generation reshapes the story of the violent confrontation between the living and the undead to fit new times. Examining a broad range of novels, stories, plays, films, and made-for-television movies, Waller focuses upon a series of interrelated texts: Bram Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e (1897); several film adaptations of Stoker's novel; F. W. Murnau's \u003ci\u003eNosferatu, A Symphony of Horror\u003c\/i\u003e (1922); Richard Matheson's \u003ci\u003eI Am Legend\u003c\/i\u003e (1954); Stephen King's \u003ci\u003e'Salem's Lot\u003c\/i\u003e (1975); Werner Herzog's \u003ci\u003eNosferatu the Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e (1979); and George Romero's \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) and \u003ci\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (1979). All of these works, Waller argues, speak to our understanding and fear of evil and chaos, of desire and egotism, of slavish dependence and masterful control. This paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Living and the Undead\u003c\/i\u003e features a new preface in which Waller positions his analysis in relation to the explosion of vampire and zombie films, fiction, and criticism in the past twenty-five years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory A. Waller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252077725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252077722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Gregory A. Waller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064803111167,"sku":"9780252077722","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06e018ce-6388-462a-aade-a0f762b47748.jpg?v=1768671129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-living-and-the-undead-gregory-a-waller-9780252077722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}