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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale. Ed. James B. South. Chicago: Open Court, 2003.
Volume four of Open Court's Popular Culture and Philosophy series, which brings philosophical insight to such phenomena as the television series Seinfdd and The Simpsons, now sheds light on the television series Buff y the Vampire Slayer (BtVS). Ending in fall 2002, the series ran for a marathon seven seasons. This book reviews the first six seasons in a collection of essays by various scholars and is edited by James B. South. This impressive book, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale, analyzes the witty dialogue and carefully crafted characters in the long-running series that applied everything from Plato to Nietzsche to feminist theory.
As an avid viewer of the program from the first episode of the first season to the final episode of the last season, I was intrigued by the prospect of academic study...