{"product_id":"the-vampire-as-numinous-experience-beth-e-mcdonald-9780786419470","title":"The Vampire as Numinous Experience: Spiritual Journeys with the Undead in British and American Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e The critical work examines the vampire as a spiritual figure--whether literal or metaphorical--analyzing how the use of the vampire in literature has served to convey both a human sense of alienation from the divine and a desire to overcome that alienation. While expressing isolation, the vampire also represents the transcendent agent through which individuals and societies must confront questions about innate good or evil, and belief in the divine and the afterlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Textual experiences of the numinous in the form of the vampire propel the subject on a spiritual journey involving both psychological and religious qualities. Through this journey, the reader and the main character may begin to understand the value of their existence and the divine. A variety of works, poetry and fiction by British and American authors, is discussed, with particular concentration on Coleridge's \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,\" Bram Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula, \u003c\/i\u003e and Anne Rice's \u003ci\u003eVampire Chronicles, \u003c\/i\u003e as representative of the Romantic, Victorian, and late twentieth century periods of literature. A conclusion looks at the future of the literary vampire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth E. McDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786419474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786419470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.10w x 0.46d","brand":"Beth E. McDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896475476223,"sku":"9780786419470","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81e1bd60-06e0-4872-ab72-941c85f08fe5.jpg?v=1721371499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-vampire-as-numinous-experience-beth-e-mcdonald-9780786419470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}