The Other in Me: Nancy A. collins' Vampire Heroine Sonja Blue

From: Femspec | Date: September 30, 2002| Author: Martin, Sara | Copyright information

An essential difference between 19(th)-century vampire fiction and its late 20(th)-century descendant is the rise of the reluctant vampire. Male and female vampires are still presented today, as they were a century ago, as relentless predators feeding on the blood and the obscure sado-masochistic pleasures of their victims. Yet, since the publication of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire in 1976, the figure of the reluctant vampire has gained considerable ground. Nancy A. Collins' vampire...

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