Reading Laurell K. Hamilton
This exploration of author Laurell K. Hamilton's work examines the many novels of her series and shows how her writing has been a major influence on contemporary visions of the vampire—an ideal reference text for book club leaders.

Long before Twilight achieved epic levels of popularity, Laurell K. Hamilton was reshaping the image of the vampire with her own take on the vampire mythos in her Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter fantasy novel series. While Hamilton's work draws on traditional vampire and fairy lore, her interpretation of these subjects brought new dimensions to the genres, influencing the direction of urban fantasy over the past two decades.

Reading Laurell K. Hamilton focuses upon Hamilton's two bestselling series, the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry series. The volume is intended as a resource for leaders of book clubs or discussion groups, containing chapters that examine Hamilton's role in the current vampire literature craze, the themes and characters in her work, and responses to Hamilton on the Internet. The book also provides a brief overview of Hamilton's life.

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Reading Laurell K. Hamilton
This exploration of author Laurell K. Hamilton's work examines the many novels of her series and shows how her writing has been a major influence on contemporary visions of the vampire—an ideal reference text for book club leaders.

Long before Twilight achieved epic levels of popularity, Laurell K. Hamilton was reshaping the image of the vampire with her own take on the vampire mythos in her Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter fantasy novel series. While Hamilton's work draws on traditional vampire and fairy lore, her interpretation of these subjects brought new dimensions to the genres, influencing the direction of urban fantasy over the past two decades.

Reading Laurell K. Hamilton focuses upon Hamilton's two bestselling series, the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry series. The volume is intended as a resource for leaders of book clubs or discussion groups, containing chapters that examine Hamilton's role in the current vampire literature craze, the themes and characters in her work, and responses to Hamilton on the Internet. The book also provides a brief overview of Hamilton's life.

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Reading Laurell K. Hamilton

Reading Laurell K. Hamilton

by Candace R. Benefiel
Reading Laurell K. Hamilton

Reading Laurell K. Hamilton

by Candace R. Benefiel

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This exploration of author Laurell K. Hamilton's work examines the many novels of her series and shows how her writing has been a major influence on contemporary visions of the vampire—an ideal reference text for book club leaders.

Long before Twilight achieved epic levels of popularity, Laurell K. Hamilton was reshaping the image of the vampire with her own take on the vampire mythos in her Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter fantasy novel series. While Hamilton's work draws on traditional vampire and fairy lore, her interpretation of these subjects brought new dimensions to the genres, influencing the direction of urban fantasy over the past two decades.

Reading Laurell K. Hamilton focuses upon Hamilton's two bestselling series, the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry series. The volume is intended as a resource for leaders of book clubs or discussion groups, containing chapters that examine Hamilton's role in the current vampire literature craze, the themes and characters in her work, and responses to Hamilton on the Internet. The book also provides a brief overview of Hamilton's life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313378355
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/06/2011
Series: The Pop Lit Book Club
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Candace R. Benefiel is associate professor and humanities librarian in the Texas A&M University Libraries, College Station, TX.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Chapter 1 A Writer's Life 1

Chapter 2 The Author and the Genre 9

Chapter 3 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter-Part 1: The Early Novels: Meeting the Hunter 27

Chapter 4 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter-Part 2: Loving the Monsters 37

Chapter 5 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter-Part 3: The Ardeur 45

Chapter 6 An American Fairy Princess: The Merry Gentry Series 63

Chapter 7 Non-series Novels 79

Chapter 8 Hamilton's Short Fiction 85

Chapter 9 Today's Issues in Laurell K. Hamilton's Work 91

Chapter 10 Pop Culture and the Author 101

Chapter 11 The Author on the Internet 109

Chapter 12 Laurell K. Hamilton and the Media 119

Chapter 13 What Do I Read Next? 131

Resources 149

Index 161

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