Vampire Apocalypse
A Biocultural Critique of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 5791512 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Mathias Clasen (0000-0003-0830-0078, Aarhus University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2010 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 313-328 |
| Data de publicação | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Philosophy and literature (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0190-0013 • E-ISSN: 1086-329X |
| Editora | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/phl.2010.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W2013133728 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
| Referências citadas | 7 |
The vampire apocalypse is a fairly unlikely event, but it makes for great storytelling. Richard Matheson's 1954 I Am Legend is a milestone in modern Gothic literature; it tells the bleak story of Robert Neville, sole survivor of a vampire plague. I employ the concepts of evolved human nature, cultural ecology, and authorial identity as my main analytical tools for understanding the appeal, the power, and the significance of Matheson's classic novel, which is basically an extrapolation on peculiar yet common anxieties and a meditation on what happens when basic adaptive needs are frustrated
Legend · Vampire · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
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| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,45 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 5 |