Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis conducts a comparative analysis of Anne Rice’s Lestat, in her The Vampire Chronicles and Stephenie Meyer’s Edward, in her Twilight Saga, focusing primarily on the construction of their respective sexualities. Beginning by clarifying the theoretical groundwork for the analysis, I first discuss the theory of the Gothic in which I situate the texts and read some of the theory pertaining to the gothic body. From there I turn to queer theory and identity politics, introducing the concept of the thematic / problematic distinction on which to map the differences and debates between the two – an important area to establish as it resonates throughout the paper. Then I proceed to consider Freud’s Uncanny, touching on the work of Joan Copjec and Barbara Creed. Once this groundwork has been established, I work through Foucault’s arguments in The History of Sexuality, Volume One: The Will to Knowledge, detailing its significance as the focalizing theory for my analysis of the novels – particularly the three related elements of power, discourse and the body. Coupled with other theorist’s readings of Foucault’s arguments, this will then set me up to work the three elements into the thematic/problematic relationship, the uncanny and the gothic body. Once this theoretical work is completed, I will return to a literary analysis of the difference between the two characters based on their construction of sexuality in their subjectivity. Finally, after turning to the novels themselves, I show how Lestat engages with the thematic as he is seen to queer the notions of sex that Edward portrays, and is therefore more effective as a monstrous figure, and more effective in evoking the uncanny. Ultimately, The Vampire Chronicles is more successful in utilizing its possibilities for ‘dissent’ as a gothic novel, than the Twilight Saga. / published_or_final_version / Literary and Cultural Studies / Master / Master of Arts

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1972. / Bibliography: leaves 151-157. / viii, 157 l illus., tables

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-204).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 106).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Sydney, 1981. / Title from title screen (viewed February 11, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the honours degree of Master of Arts to the Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 1981; thesis submitted 1980. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Title from title screen (viewed May 6, 2009). Includes bibliographical references. Online version of print original.

Thesis (M.A.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [90]-94).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1993. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2960. Abstract precedes thesis title page as [3] preliminary leaves. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-104).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Calvin Theological Seminary, 1996. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-113).