This dissertation investigates the experience of the numinous in a specific category of Gothic literature, which employs a vampire as the primary focus of its action, regardless of whether that figure is literal or metaphoric. The texts examined in the following chapters include both poetry and fiction by both British and American authors. This study explores how the use of the vampire in literature has served to convey a human sense of alienation from the divine and a desire to overcome that alienation. While expressing the physical, isolated state of the individual human being, as a numinous figure, the vampire also represents the transcendent agent through which individuals and societies may confront questions about their innate goodness...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
This thesis undertakes to examine Rudolf Otto\u27s work on the rational understanding of God and aut...
This thesis undertakes to examine Rudolf Otto\u27s work on the rational understanding of God and aut...
Master's thesis in Literacy StudiesThis thesis will be a study of whether there has been a significa...
Master's thesis in Literacy StudiesThis thesis will be a study of whether there has been a significa...
The vampire owes much of the credit for its eternal life to human superstition and knowledge of our ...
This thesis is an exploration of the vampire as a literary character. Of how the figure of the vampi...
This thesis undertakes to examine Rudolf Otto\u27s work on the rational understanding of God and aut...
The figure of the vampire is one of the strongest images in present-day culture. It appears in films...
Monsters are a big part of the horror genre whose main purpose is to invoke fear in its reader. Horr...
The vampire is a popular character throughout classical and contemporary literature and the recent p...
What are vampires? The origin of the vampire has always been one of the greatest mysteries. From the...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
This thesis undertakes to examine Rudolf Otto\u27s work on the rational understanding of God and aut...
This thesis undertakes to examine Rudolf Otto\u27s work on the rational understanding of God and aut...
Master's thesis in Literacy StudiesThis thesis will be a study of whether there has been a significa...
Master's thesis in Literacy StudiesThis thesis will be a study of whether there has been a significa...
The vampire owes much of the credit for its eternal life to human superstition and knowledge of our ...
This thesis is an exploration of the vampire as a literary character. Of how the figure of the vampi...
This thesis undertakes to examine Rudolf Otto\u27s work on the rational understanding of God and aut...
The figure of the vampire is one of the strongest images in present-day culture. It appears in films...
Monsters are a big part of the horror genre whose main purpose is to invoke fear in its reader. Horr...
The vampire is a popular character throughout classical and contemporary literature and the recent p...
What are vampires? The origin of the vampire has always been one of the greatest mysteries. From the...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...
The ancient legend of the vampire, which mainly derives from Slavic folklore, came to dominate the g...