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Book Synopsis The Passive Vampire by : Ghérasim Luca
Download or read book The Passive Vampire written by Ghérasim Luca and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1945 by Les ditions de l'Oubli in Bucharest, The Passive Vampire caught the attention of the French Surrealists when an excerpt appeared in 1947 in the magazine La part du sable. Luca, whose work was admired by Gilles Deleuze, attempts here to transmit the "shudder" evoked by some Surrealist texts, such as Andr Breton's Nadja and Mad Love, probing with acerbic humor the fragile boundary between "objective chance" and delirium. Impossible to define, The Passive Vampire is a mixture of theoretical treatise and breathless poetic prose, personal confession and scientific investigation it is 18 photographs of "objectively offered objects," a category created by Luca to occupy the space opened up by Breton. At times taking shape as assemblages, these objects are meant to capture chance in its dynamic and dramatic forms by externalizing the ambivalence of our drives and bringing to light the nearly continual equivalence between our love-hate tendencies and the world of things.
Download or read book Stage Blood written by Roxana Stuart and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuart's study approaches the subject primarily from the viewpoint of literary criticism but also includes production history, providing the reader with a useful look at theatre practices. Additionally, insight is provided into the popular taste and imagination of different periods and cultures, as reflected in changing representations of the vampire, from the relative innocence of the Romantics to the evolving patterns of sadism, misogyny, and xenophobia of the end of the century. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Surrealist Sorcery written by Will Atkin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often regarded as an artistic movement of interwar Paris, Surrealism comprised an international community of artists, writers, and intellectuals who have aspired to change the conditions of life itself over the course of the past century. Consisting of a wide range of dedicated case studies from the 1920s to the 1970s, this book highlights the international dimensions of the Surrealist Movement, and the radical chains of thought that linked its followers across the globe: from France to Romania, and from Canada to the former Czechoslovakia. From very early on, the surrealists approached magic as a means of bypassing, discrediting, and combatting rationalism, capitalism, and other institutionalized systems and values that they saw to be constraining influences upon modern life. Surrealist Sorcery maps out how this interest in magic developed into a major area of surrealist research that led not only to theoretical but also practical explorations of the subject. Taking an international perspective, Atkin surveys this important quality of the movement and how it's remained an important element in the surrealist project and its ongoing legacy.
Download or read book Energy Vampires written by Monia Zanon and published by Blu Editore. This book was released on 2020-09-26 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything that can be bought has no value. It is in the experience that you can find the true treasure. I wrote this book imagining in you that you read me, me: like a wanderer. A wanderer who seeks, he realizes, discovers. This wanderer begins to stop blaming others, God, politics, karma, takes over his life and decides and works to be free. I wrote this book for free minds. Those who, when something happens, delimit their area, as a forensics detective would: they look at every detail to understand well who, where, how, when and why. To narrow the field, avoid mistakes, optimize resources and time. Time. I wrote this book because while it is true that time does not exist, it is also true that it is our greatest ally in understanding the experience called life, in the understanding of the system called Existence, of how energies move. I wrote this book to lift the veil from the appearance, starting to call things by their real name. Dear Wanderer, do you think the money is the one that governs the world? You think that's why everyone, in a kind of collective traffic syndrome, we are going from morning to night. Is it to get more money? Are you really convinced that it is the monetary aspect that makes gestures, sometimes even terrible, to this world? I wrote this book just to make You, my dear Wanderer, realize that no, it is not money that represents the motivation of the motivations that drive humans to do what they do. Without too many turns of words, I'll make it short: everything, but just everything, revolves around only one word: ENERGY. People want more money to buy more things, to be more envied, to attract the energy of those who will watch them. More people want more power, more money, to accumulate more observers who provide them with energy currents. More energy they build up, more powerful they will feel, more they will be able to extort them, more they will want much more. Energy-hungry as water that never quenches thirst, in fact, makes you thirsty and then thirstier. I wrote this book to explain how this process of energy depletion, milking, big energy hunting works. In this manual you will learn how our bodies of light work, the underlying laws that move the procuring system, how to recognize energy hunters from the simplest, to the most cunning vampires of the situation. You will learn to recalibrate your energy, protect yourself and those you love, become aware of your bodies of light and, finally, how to avoid becoming You an unconscious vampire, moved by the stressful system that we often force ourselves to support. Life energy is what keeps us alive. Without it, no one could not only live, not even die, since even to leave the physical body requires energy. Unconsciously, each of us fears losing it, of not having enough. In literature, we have many examples of fears of this kind, masquerading as popular legends, the blood-sucking vampire who lives parasitic and manipulating minds until his victim drains are an interesting key. In fact, blood represents the vital energy of the person. The vampire, for that matter, feeds on just that. The subtle manipulation games to push the unfortunate to get easy bite are systems that we know well, real, daily. The predators of vital energy are, in all respects, of the vampires without sharp teeth, perhaps uncooled with powers of transmutation into horrid animals, deprived of the opportunity of flying, but to all intents and purposes vampires, energy vampires cleared to the world of the imaginative and delivered to the most modern stories of every day. However, the situation is much more complex than it seems, because it is not enough to block the doors of their homes to be protected. No one can really be safe. Warning: the predator concerned is not powerful enough to smash walls or decode sophisticated alarm systems or possess super powers that allow it to permeate the door of your dwelling. Quite the contrary! Dear Wanderer, you might be surprised when you realize that many vampires know them very well! Some even have the keys to our house. Others we call them "Mum" and "Dad". Some of them commonly call their names: they can be children, friends, people close to us. So close that even us! Breathe.
Book Synopsis Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth by : Kristoffer Noheden
Download or read book Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth written by Kristoffer Noheden and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines post-war surrealist cinema in relation to surrealism’s change in direction towards myth and magic following World War II. Intermedial and interdisciplinary, the book unites cinema studies with art history and the study of Western esotericism, closely engaging with a wide range of primary sources, including surrealist journals, art, exhibitions, and writings. Kristoffer Noheden looks to the Danish surrealist artist Wilhelm Freddie’s forays into the experimental short film, the French poet Benjamin Péret’s contribution to the documentary film L’Invention du monde, the Argentinean-born filmmaker Nelly Kaplan’s feature films, and the Czech animator Jan Svankmajer’s work in short and feature films. The book traces a continuous engagement with myth and magic throughout these films, uncovering a previously unknown strain of occult imagery in surrealist cinema. It broadens the scope of the study of not only surrealist cinema, but of surrealism across the art forms. Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth will appeal to film scholars, art historians, and those interested in the impact of occultism on modern culture, film, and the arts.
Book Synopsis The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television by :
Download or read book The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television written by and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive bibliography covers writings about vampires and related creatures from the 19th century to the present. More than 6,000 entries document the vampire's penetration of Western culture, from scholarly discourse, to popular culture, politics and cook books. Sections by topic list works covering various aspects, including general sources, folklore and history, vampires in literature, music and art, metaphorical vampires and the contemporary vampire community. Vampires from film and television--from Bela Lugosi's Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood and the Twilight Saga--are well represented.
Book Synopsis The Vampire Tarot by : Robert Michael Place
Download or read book The Vampire Tarot written by Robert Michael Place and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vampire Tarot ties the tales and mythic figures associated with the vampire legend to the equally iconographic figures and forms of the tarot. This book explores the history of the vampire starting with Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, Dracula, as well as those writings that inspired Stoker and the vampire lore that derived from it. Stoker and his most famous work were both closely tied to the classic Rider-Waite-Coleman tarot. Now, author-illustrator Robert M. Place brings these two mythic traditions together with this extensively researched book that guides the reader through the subtleties and parallels within The Vampire Tarot, providing a guide for getting the most out of reading. Sure to delight not only tarot devotees but the general fan of the vampire mythos as well.
Book Synopsis Dracula for Doctors by : Fiona Subotsky
Download or read book Dracula for Doctors written by Fiona Subotsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the connection between medicine and gothic literature examining disease, psychiatry and supernatural in the nineteenth century.
Book Synopsis Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry by : Albert J. Bernstein
Download or read book Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry written by Albert J. Bernstein and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2002-04-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bernstein provides a field guide to the various types of Emotional Vampires and advises readers how to protect themselves from being victims of these predatory personalities."Boston Globe From bestselling author Albert J. Bernstein The author of Dinosaur Brains offers protection from people who seek to destroy the emotional and psychological well-being of others. Like the fabled demons, these vampires: Think their needs are more important than yours Believe "the rules" apply only to other people Use their tempers in the same way terrorists use bombs Emotional Vampires tells readers how to spot a "vampire" in their lives, which defense strategies to employ to prevent one from striking, and what to do if and when they find themselves under attack.
Book Synopsis The Vampire Book by : J Gordon Melton
Download or read book The Vampire Book written by J Gordon Melton and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised, updated, and enlarged, this vast reference is an alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. Digging deep into the lore, myths, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, many facets are uncovered—historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular. From Vlad the Impaler and Barnabas Collins to Dracula and Lestat, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays, a vampire chronology, and 60 pages of vampire resources. Complete with detailed illustrations and photographs, the third edition of this popular authority includes a wealth of current events, including the Twilight phenomenon; contemporary authors of vampire romance; the growth and development of genuine, self-identified vampire communities; and prominent TV shows from Buffy to True Blood.
Book Synopsis Integrated Formal Methods by : Wolfgang Ahrendt
Download or read book Integrated Formal Methods written by Wolfgang Ahrendt and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods, IFM 2019, held in Bergen, Norway, in December 2019. The 25 full papers and 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. The papers cover a broad spectrum of topics: from language design to verification and analysis techniques, to supporting tools and their integration into software engineering practice including both theoretical approaches and practical implementations. Also included are the extended abstracts of 6 "journal-first" papers.
Book Synopsis The Vampire Tapestry by : Suzy McKee Charnas
Download or read book The Vampire Tapestry written by Suzy McKee Charnas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-08-19 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in Orb, the vampire book Stephen King called "Scary, entertaining, suspenseful.... unputdownable"
Book Synopsis The Vampire Goes to College by : Lisa A. Nevárez
Download or read book The Vampire Goes to College written by Lisa A. Nevárez and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original essays presents pedagogical tools, methods, and approaches for incorporating the figure of the vampire into the learning environment of the college classroom, in the hopes of ushering the Undead out of the coffin and into the classroom. The essays foster interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue, and serve as a collective resource for those currently teaching the vampire as well as newcomers to vampire studies. Opening with a foreword by Sam George, the collection is organized around such topics as historicizing the vampire, teaching the diverse vampire, and engaging the student learner. Interwoven throughout the volume are strategies for incorporating writing instruction and generating conversations about texts ("texts" defined broadly so as to include film and other media). The vampire allows instructors to explore timeless themes such as life and death, love and passion, immortality, and monstrosity and Otherness.
Book Synopsis Growing Up with Vampires by : Simon Bacon
Download or read book Growing Up with Vampires written by Simon Bacon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vampire narratives are generally thought of as adult or young adult fare, yet there is a long history of their appearance in books, film and other media meant for children. They emerge as expressions of anxiety about change and growing up but sometimes turn out to be new best friends who highlight the beauty of difference and individuality. This collection of new essays examines the history of vampires in 20th and 21st century Western popular media marketed to preteens and explores their significance and symbolism.
Book Synopsis The Vampire Survival Bible - Identifying, Avoiding, Repelling And Destroying The Undead - Volume 2 by : Mark Stephen Penke
Download or read book The Vampire Survival Bible - Identifying, Avoiding, Repelling And Destroying The Undead - Volume 2 written by Mark Stephen Penke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to surviving an attack by hordes of the predatory undead explains vampire history, physiology and behavior, the most effective defense strategies and how to destroy the vampire if needed.
Book Synopsis The Psychology of Vampires by : David Cohen
Download or read book The Psychology of Vampires written by David Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have vampires become such a feature of modern culture? Can vampire-like conditions be explained by medical research? Is there a connection between vampirism and Freud? The Psychology of Vampires presents a captivating look at the origins of vampires in myth and history, and the psychological theories which try to explain why they fascinate us. It traces the development of vampires from the first ever vampire tale, written by John Polidori in 1819, to their modern cultural legacy. Together with historical detail about Polidori’s eventful life, the book also examines the characteristics of vampires, and explores how and why people might identify as vampires today. From sanguinarians who drink blood, to psychic vampires who suck the energy from those around them, The Psychology of Vampires explores the absorbing connections between vampirism and psychology, theology, medicine and culture.
Book Synopsis The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema by : Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez
Download or read book The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema written by Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin America proposes a cinematic cartography of contemporary Latin American horror films that take up the idea of the American continent as a space of radical otherness, or monstrosity, and use it for political purposes. The book explores how Latin American film directors migrate foreign horror tropes to create cinematographic horror hybrids that reclaim and transform monstrosity as a form of historical rewriting. By emphasizing the specificities of the Latin American experience, this book contributes to broad scholarship on horror cinema, at the same time connecting the horror tradition with contemporary discussions on violence, migration, fear of immigrants, and the rewriting of colonial discourses.
