"Metamorphoses of the Vampire explains why representations of vampirism began in the eighteenth century, flourished in the nineteenth, and came to eclipse nearly all other forms of monstrosity in the early twentieth century. Many of the works by French and German authors discuss…
"A regiment of women warriors strides across the battleifield of German culture--on the stage, in the opera house, on the page, and in paintaings and prints. Thsese warriors are re-imaginings by men of figures such as the Amazons, the Valkyries. and the biblical killer Judith. T…
