{"product_id":"hollywood-gothic-paperback","title":"Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Skal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fully updated edition of David J. Skal's \u003ci\u003eHollywood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The ultimate book on \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a bat, wolf, or mist; a mortal vulnerability to a wooden stake through the heart or a shaft of sunlight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this critically acclaimed excursion through the life of a cultural icon, David J. Skal maps out the archetypal vampire's relentless trajectory from Victorian literary oddity to movie idol to cultural commodity, digging through the populist veneer to reveal what the prince of darkness says about us all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eincludes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e black-and-white Illustrations throughout, plus a new Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid J. Skal \u003c\/b\u003e(1952 - 2024) was the author several critically acclaimed books on fantastic literature and genre cinema, including\u003ci\u003e The Monster Show;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen; Screams of Reason; Mad Science and Modern Culture; V Is for Vampire: The A to Z Guide to Everything Undead; \u003c\/i\u003eand, with Elias Savada, \u003ci\u003eDark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning\u003c\/i\u003e. With Nina Auerbach, he co-edited the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing appeared in a variety of publications, ranging from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCinefantastique, \u003c\/i\u003e and for television, on the A\u0026amp;E series \u003ci\u003eBiography. \u003c\/i\u003eHe wrote, produced, and directed a dozen original DVD documentaries, including features on the Universal Studios' classic monster movies, and a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the Academy Award-winning film \u003ci\u003eGods and Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e. He lived in Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.38 x 5.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133014478983,"sku":"9780571211586","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/765af55479265cdeca8be0996b177ba2.webp?v=1732631248","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/hollywood-gothic-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}