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VWnG036 Inanna Arthen: Beyond Twilight, Part 3

Jan 25, 201435 min
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Episode description

This is part three of Inanna Arthen’s talk on the history of vampires in fiction.

In this lively talk, recorded at Books and Boos in Colchester, Connecticut, on April 20, two thousand thirteen, Inanna traces the history of vampires in fiction and debunks some of the common mistakes and misinformation about the genre.

She ended Part 2 talking about how the movie The Mummy is possibly responsible for giving us the plot device of the vampire falling in love with someone who he believes is the reincarnation of a past love.

In Part 3, the conclusion, Inanna discusses how the vampire became a love interest, and muses on where the genre is going in the future.
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