The Gothic World of Anne Rice

Introduction Vampires, Witches, Mummies and Other Charismatic Personalities: Exploring the Anne Rice Phenomenon Gary Hoppenstand and Ray B. Browne The Lived World of Anne Rice's Novels Katherine Ramsland The Anthropological Vision of Anne Rice Frank A. Salamone Gothicism, Vampirism, and Seduction: Anne Rice's "The Master of Rampling Gate" Garyn G. Roberts Development of the Byronic Vampire: Byron, Stoker, Rice Kathryn McGinley Anne Rice: Raising Holy Hell, Harlequin Style Edward J. Ingebretsen Eroticism as Moral Fulcrum in Rice's Vampire Chronicles Terri R. Liberman Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire: Novel Versus Film Diana C. Reep, Joseph F. Ceccio, William A. Francis Let Us Prey: Religious Codes and Rituals in The Vampire Lestat Aileen Chris Shafer Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief and the Astral Projection Literary Tradition Joseph F. Ceccio "We're talking science, man, not voodoo": Genetic Disaster in Anne Rice's Mayfair Witch Chronicles Ann Larabee "He's not one of them": Michael Curry and the Interpellation of the Self in Anne Rice's The Witching Hour Ellen M. Tsagaris The Historical Novels of Anne Rice Bette B. Roberts Degrees of Darkness: Gens de Couleur Libre Ethnic Identity in The Feast of All Saints Marte Kinlaw and Cynthia Kasee The World of Foverer Knight: A Television Tribute to Anne Rice's New Age Vampire James F. Iaccino Contributors Index