Vampire apocalypse: A biocultural critique of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend

Philosophy and Literature

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-328

  Clasen, Mathias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 77958605850     PISSN: 01900013     EISSN: 1086329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/phl.2010.0005     Document Type: Review

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