Anne Rice Reader

by Ramsland, Katherine

• ISBN13: 9780345402677
• ISBN10: 0345402677
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-11
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

A collection of the most fascinating essays, articles, and interpretations of bestselling author Anne Rice's complete works, by a variety of journalists and scholars. It includes a history of vampire literature, a professional dominatrix's examination of Rice's erotica, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film version ofInterview with the Vampire. From the adventures of the Vampire Lestat to those of the Mayfair Witches, from the evocative historical epicCry to Heavento the uninhibited erotica ofExit to Edenand the Sleeping Beauty trilogy,The Anne Rice Readerpresents a captivating range of perspectives on the imagination of a writer who has enthralled her generation.

Author Biography

Katherine Ramsland is the author of the acclaimed Anne Rice biography <b>Prism of the Night</b>, as well as <b>The Vampire Companion</b>, <b>The Witches' Companion</b>, and <b>The Anne Rice Trivia Book</b>. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
PART ONE ANNE RICE	3	(96)
Introduction	3	(2)
Anne Rice: An Overview	5	(23)
Katherine Ramsland
A Literary Friendship: Life Is Not a Footrace	28	(10)
Kathleen Mackay
The Landscape of Childhood Memories: New Orleans in the Life and Work of Anne Rice	38	(17)
W. Kenneth Holditch
Let the Flesh Instruct the Mind: A Quadrant Interview with Anne Rice	55	(19)
Katherine Ramsland
"October 4th, 1948,"	74	(10)
Anne Rice
"Nicholas and Jean,"	84	(15)
Anne Rice
PART TWO LITERARY CRITIQUES	99	(248)
Introduction	99	(2)
The World of the Vampire: Rice's Contribution	101	(23)
Gail Abbott Zimmerman
Anne Rice and the Gothic Tradition	124	(26)
Bette Roberts
Lestat: The Vampire as Degenerate Genius	150	(17)
Richard Noll
Interview with the Vampire: How the Movie Finally Got Made	167	(29)
Katherine Ramsland
He Must Have Wept When He Made You: The Homoerotic Pothos in the Movie Version of Interview with the Vampire	196	(16)
John Beebe
The Real World of the Free People of Color in Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints	212	(13)
Robin Miller
The Price of Perfection: Cry to Heaven, Art, and Human Sacrifice	225	(12)
Michelle Spedding
Katherine Ramsland
How Do They Rate? Elliott Slater and Lasher as Love Slaves	237	(15)
Claudia Varrin
Erotic Art and the Birth of Self in Belinda	252	(10)
S. K. Walker
Visions, Dreams, Realities: The Problem of Imaginal Revelation	262	(24)
Leonard George
Anne Rice's Pastiche of the British "Thriller": Comparing The Mummy to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lot No. 249,"	286	(19)
Gary Hoppenstand
More than Kin, Less than Kind: The Mayfairs and the Taltos	305	(17)
Kay Kinsella Rout
Forced Consent and Voluptuous Captivity: The Paradoxical Psychology Behind Anne Rice's Erotic Imagination	322	(25)
Katherine Ramsland
About the Contributors	347	(4)
Index	351