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Anne Rice is a best-selling author of Gothic novels, historical fiction, and erotica under her own name and two pseudonyms. Interest in Rice's life has earned her celebrity status among her fans. Not only does Rice intertwine the past and present, but he...

Called the "diva of dark forces," by Book's Julia Kamysz Lane, Anne Rice is considered one of the leading practitioners of Gothic writing in contemporary literature. With three dozen books published, bestselling novelist R ice has built her career, accor...

In her fiction, Anne Rice (born 1941) seduces her readers through an ornate prose style and a painstaking attention to detail. With her careful blend of accurate historical elements with such themes as alienation and the individual's search for identity,...

IT'S PAST sundown in a City of London graveyard, and a huddle of white-faced figures, most dressed in black dresses or frockcoats, can be glimpsed amid the tombstones. They may look like Hammer film extras, but all are paid-up members of the Vamp -yre...

If Bram Stoker's estate had been more cooperative, German silent film actor Max Schreck could have become the most famous player ever to suck a jugular, and Bela Lugosi might have remained a minor Hungarian heartthrob. The "Dracula" author's agents refused to...

Public-relations guru Dan Klores is switching Hamptons. He and his wife Abbe recently bought a sprawling estate in Sag Harbor for $4.155 million, according to town records, on the heels of their sale of a house in Bridgehampton in February for $2.625 million."The reason that...

THE BRAVE ONE Running Time 119 minutes Directed by Neil Jordan Written by Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor, Cynthia Mort Starring Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard Neil Jordan’s The Brave One, from a screenplay by Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor and Cynthia Mort, based on a...

In the following essay, Waxman explores the confluence of existential philosophy, postmodernism, and gothic fiction in Interview with the Vampire and subsequent Rice novels. According to Waxman, “Rice presents with fervor a profound exploration of freedom, moral constraints and contingency in order to prepare us for the philosophical issues that face us on the darkling plain of the twenty-first century.”

In the following essay, Tomc explores the cultural significance of female body image, androgyny, and self-abnegation in Interview with the Vampire. According to Tomc, “Rice modeled the vampire's transformation on one of the most powerful narratives of gender metamorphosis available to 1970s culture: the story of successful dieting.”

The internal and external conflicts in "Interview With A Vampire" are between three vampires with differing personalities. However their struggles are typical of internal and external struggles we all face.