Hollywood Gothic, David J. Skal
Hollywood Gothic, David J. Skal
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Hollywood Gothic
The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

Author: David J. Skal

Narrator: David J. Skal

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2022

Synopsis

The 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. In this critically acclaimed excursion through the life of a cultural icon, David 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.

About The Author

David J. Skal is the author of numerous books on popular culture, including The Monster Show and Death Makes a Holiday. He is the co-editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on September 16, 2018

David Skal escribe tan entretenido y se documenta tan maravillosamente, que no me queda más que recomendarlo con muchísimo entusiasmo. Cada vez que leo sobre la triste suerte de Bela Lugosi, se me parte el corazón :/ En este libro el aborda, ilustrativa y amenamente, parte de la creación de la novela......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on October 04, 2015

Dracula through the ages - fascinating reading. Begins with the Bram Stoker novel, proceeds to the stage version, the trouble with Florence Stoker, copyright, lawsuits and studio troubles. Includes an entire chapter explaining why the Spanish version is better than the Lugosi version. There is good......more

Goodreads review by Abel on October 11, 2015

Lo mejor: que he aprendido y que me he divertido muchísimo conociendo los avatares que han llevado a Drácula del papel a la pantalla, pasando por el teatro y otro tipo de artes como el ballet. Lo peor: que ahora tengo una laaarga lista de películas que me gustaría ver cuando antes :-P......more

Goodreads review by jorgeordas on February 13, 2025

El libro es fantástico pero no he visto incluida en la filmografía "Brácula: Condemor II" (Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia, 1997). ¿Qué hubiera opinado Skal de Chiquito con colmillos brincando junto a Bigote Arrocet?......more

Goodreads review by Brian on March 09, 2024

It was a strange journey for Dracula and I didn’t want to miss a second of it. Plus, I’ll take Bela Lugosi stories any way, anywhere I can. Amazing how a moderately successful book could build and build into the most recognizable character in fiction.......more

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