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- Title
The Mathematics of Monstrosity: Vampire Demography in Richard Matheson's I Am Legend.
- Authors
Koenig-Woodyard, Chris
- Abstract
Richard Matheson explores the demography of vampirism in a hybridic last human on earth and vampire apocalypse novella, <italic>I Am Legend</italic> (1954). The survivor Robert Neville explores the legend and science of vampirism, grappling with the rhizomatic ontology of the gothic creatures; in turn, Matheson offers a dual portrait of monstrosity of the predator vampires and of Neville as a gothic hunter and slayer of vampires. Narratively, imagistically, and thematically, Matheson presents a Malthusian demographic dynamic (and struggle) as Neville deepens his understanding of vampirism, allowing him to refine his vampire-slaying techniques.
- Subjects
VAMPIRES in literature; MATHESON, Richard, 1926-2013; I Am Legend (Book); MALTHUSIANISM in literature; HORROR in literature
- Publication
University of Toronto Quarterly, 2018, Vol 87, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
0042-0247
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/utq.87.1.81