1st Edition
The Beloved Does Not Bite Moral Vampires and the Humans Who Love Them
CONTENTS
List of Figures
Introduction: The Beloved Cycle—A New Vampire Sub-Genre
Chapter One: From Killing to Kissing—Tracing the Syntactic Redetermination
Chapter Two: "Doesn’t he own a shirt?"—Beauty and Justice
Chapter Three: "I could see your heart"—Looking Leads to Kissing
Chapter Four: "You have a heart?"—Loving, Leaving, and Letting Go
Chapter Five: "I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I need it"—
Vengeance, Compassion, and Forgiveness
Chapter Six: "But how do I stop a monster without becoming one?"—War and Killing
Conclusion: "If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live?"—
Fallen Angels, Emotional Zombies, and other Rebel Lovers
Index
Biography
Debra Dudek is an English Lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University.
