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| In: | Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, 4, 2011, 1, p. 5-16 |
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Intellect
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 5-16 |
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| ISSN: |
1753-6421
1753-643X |
| DOI: | 10.1386/jafp.4.1.5_1 |
| published in: | Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Collection: | Intellect (CrossRef) |
<jats:p><![CDATA[Taking off from the frequent charge that adaptations are like vampires preying on their progenitor texts, this essay presses the analogy between adaptations and vampires in five areas – the parasitism of vampires, their status as morally equivocal figures, the communicative or contagious nature of vampirism, vampires as collaborators and the performative nature of vampirism – in order to consider what they suggest about the nature of adaptation.]]></jats:p> |