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Title: The Vampire Lectures by Laurence A. Rickels ISBN: 0-8166-3392-4 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: 19 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting book, but consider this before you read it...
Comment: Lawrence Rickels has a very particular writing style that is often frowned upon because the 'average' reader cannot really handle it. It is jargonistic, self-inflating, self-validating, and extremely complex. Like many other writers of critical theory, Rickels is engaging in a discourse for those 'in the know.' This is not an introductory book on the subject of vampyrism, and I would not recommend it to any reader if they are not at first familar with contemporary psychoanalytic theory. I enjoy reading Rickels' writing because he loves to play around with word puns in a very witty way. Perhaps a better introduction to Rickels' writings would be his many short articles in various art exhibition catalogues (check your local university library). I do not think I would have enjoyed this book had I not had the opportunity to listen to Rickels' lectures. This book requires an active reader who is willing to struggle with the text (that is the beauty of theory, right? A sort of painful pleasure). That said, it can be rewarding if you are up for a challenge.
Rating: 5
Summary: invitation
Comment: This book made me feel like I was being drained for the change. The author's language or way of thinking took me by surprise, put the bite on me, and then left me there. I am thinking his thoughts! As the title admits, this isn't another book about vampirism; it participates in vampirism: vampire lectures. Enter free willingly.
Rating: 1
Summary: this was a bad book
Comment: When you first read this book you think to yourself how insightful and unique its contents were. Upon further analysis, however, you realize how absurd and useless the information really is. Lets give credit where it's due, this book captures you, so much in fact that you forget to question anything being written and assume as truth whatever Rickels is trying to say. This author makes it seem as though he is just trying to "sound smart" if I may resort to grade school type critique. The analysis is ridiculous and the complexity of the style in which it was written is unnecessary. I do not recommend this book to anyone studying vampires unless they are insane.
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Title: Our Vampires, Ourselves by Nina Auerbach ISBN: 0226032027 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Vampire: A Casebook by Alan Dundes ISBN: 0299159248 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.31 |
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Title: Vampires and Vampirism : Legends from Around the World (Classics of Preternatural History) by Dudley Wright ISBN: 1590210026 Publisher: Lethe Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Blood Read: The Vampire As Metaphor in Contemporary Culture by Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Vernoica Hollinger ISBN: 0812216288 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson ISBN: 0517162067 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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