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Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight saga series.
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- -- Philosophy.
Vampires in literature.
Immortality in literature.
Immortality (Philosophy)
Philosophy in literature.
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Twilight and philosophy : vampires, vegetarians, and the pursuit of immortality / edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Subjects
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight saga series.
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- -- Philosophy.
Vampires in literature.
Immortality in literature.
Immortality (Philosophy)
Philosophy in literature.
ISBN:
9780470484234 (pbk.)
0470484233 (pbk.)
Series:
Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
Description:
xii, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Twilight. You look good enough to eat : love, madness, and the food analogy / George A. Dunn -- Dying to eat : the vegetarian ethics of Twilight / Jean Kazez -- Can a vampire be a person? / Nicholas Michaud -- Carlisle : more compassionate than a speeding bullet? / Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen -- New moon. Vampire-Dämmerung : what can Twilight tell us about God? / Peter S. Fosl and Eli Fosl -- To bite or not to bite : Twilight, immortality, and the meaning of life / Brendan Shea -- Mind reading and morality : the moral hazards of being Edward / Eric Silverman -- Love and authority among wolves / Sara Worley -- Eclipse. Bella Swan and Sarah Palin : all the old myths are not true / Naomi Zack -- Vampire love : the second sex negotiates the twenty-first century / Bonnie Mann -- Edward Cullen and Bella Swan : Byronic and feminist heroes... or not / Abigail E. Myers -- Undead patriarchy and the possibility of love / Leah McClimans and J. Jeremy Wisnewski -- The "real" danger : fact vs. fiction for the girl audience / Rebecca Housel -- Breaking dawn. Twilight of an idol : our fatal attraction to vampires / Jennifer L. McMahon -- Bella's vampires semiotics / Dennis Knepp -- Space, time, and vampire ontology / Philip Puszczalowski -- For the strength of Bella? Meyer, vampires, and Mormonism / Marc E. Shaw -- The Tao of Jacob / Rebecca Housel.
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With everything from Taoism to mind reading to the place of God in a world of vampires, this book offers some very tasty philosophy for both the living and the undead to sink their teeth into.
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