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Article: Le Vampire dans la litterature du XXe siecle.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2004
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Le Vampire dans la liWrature du XX' siecle. By JEAN MARIGNY. Paris: Champion. 2003. 379 pp. 60 [euro]. ISBN 2-7453-0818-1.
The vampire is a stereotype. Why has this horror myth prospered? Most of us, despite irrational fears of fluttering bats, do not expect to be relieved of our blood, except by nurses; and donors gladly sacrifice theirs. Lovers may want to eat each other, but in the nicest possible way. So, why serial bloodsuckers? The term dates from only 1732, though legends of haemophiliac creatures surface worldwide, across the ages. As Jean Marigny points out, the Enlightenment bred them, then sought to censor them, in the name of Reason. German and English ...
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