Buffy As Archetype Resources
Explore the ultimate Buffy the Vampire Slayer resource list, featuring essential archetype books and scholarly analysis. Discover Seven Seasons of Buffy, Buffy and Philosophy, and The Hero with a Thousand Faces to deepen your understanding of the Slayer’s mythic journey.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy
by James B. South
This lively collection of essays links classical philosophy to the hit television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"--a show that explores the evil underlying everyday life, making it ripe for the kind of witty, penetrating philosophical analysis this book delivers.
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Fighting the Forces
by Rhonda Wilcox
Fighting the Forces explores the struggle to create meaning in an impressive example of popular culture, the television series phenomenon Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the essays collected here, contributors examine the series using a variety of techniques and viewpoints. They analyze the social and cultural issues implicit in the series and place it in its literary context, not only by examining its literary influences (from German liebestod to Huckleberry Finn) but also by exploring the series' purposeful literary allusions. Visit our website for sample chapters!
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Reading the Vampire Slayer
by Roz Kaveney
A critical appreciation of Buffy and its spin-off series Angel, whose contributors look at the complex ways in which both shows have won the hearts and minds of an audience that has opened out from the teen to the hip.
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Seven Seasons of Buffy
by Glenn Yeffeth
This collection of irreverent and surprising essays about the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer includes pieces by leading science fiction and fantasy authors. Contributors include bestselling legend David Brin, critically acclaimed novelist Scott Westerfeld, cult-favorite vampire author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and award-winner Sarah Zettel. The show and its cast are the topics of such critical pieces as Lawrence Watt-Evans's "Matchmaking in Hellmouth" and Sherrilyn Kenyon's "The Search for Spike's Balls." An informed introduction for those not well acquainted with the show, and a source of further research for Buffy buffs, this book raises interesting questions concerning a much-loved program and future cult classic.
