| Description |
1 online resource (737 p.) |
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Cover -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Photo Sources -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Vampire Way -- Origins of the Vampire -- Appearance of the Vampire -- Characteristics of the Vampire -- Crucifix -- Destroying the Vampire -- Dust -- Fangs -- Garlic -- Mirrors -- Protection against Vampires -- Psychic Vampirism -- Suicide -- Vision -- History -- Approaching the Vampire -- Real Vampires -- Christianity and Vampires -- Vampires through the Centuries -- Studying the Vampire -- Scholarly Perspectives on the Vampire -- Explanations of Vampirism -- Vampire Crime |
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Political/Economic Vampires -- Sexuality and the Vampire -- Homosexuality and the Vampire -- Lesbian Vampires -- The Scholars -- Scholarly Organizations -- Vampires around the World -- Vampires! They're Everywhere! -- The Americas -- Asia and Oceana -- Central and Eastern Europe -- Middle East and Africa -- Western and Northern Europe -- Dracula -- From Rural Transylvania to Ruler of the World's Vampires -- Dracula the Legend -- Dracula the Novel -- Draculas Friends and Enemies (the Major Characters) -- Dracula's Habitats -- The Vampire Onstage -- Introducing the Dramatic Vampire |
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Balderston, John Lloyd (1889-1954) -- Deane, Hamilton (1880-1958) -- Dracula -- or, The Un-Dead: A Play in Prologue and Five Acts (1897) -- Dracula: The Vampire Play in Three Acts (1924) -- Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870) -- Kelly, Tim (1937-1998) -- Nodier, Charles (1780-1844) -- Planché, James Robinson (1706-1880) -- The Literary Vampire -- From Minor Poetic Concern to Fictional Hero and Heroine -- Banks, L. A. (1959-2011) -- Beloved by Toni Morrison -- Bunnicula -- Byron, Lord George Gordon (1788-1824) -- Carmilla -- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1773-1834) -- Gautier, Théophile (1811-1872) |
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Good-Guy Vampires -- Holmes, Sherlock -- Juvenile and Young Adult Literature -- Keats, John (1795-1821) -- Le Fanu, Sheridan (1814-1873) -- Lee, Tanith (1947-2015) -- Matheson, Richard (1926-2013) -- Paranormal Romance Literature -- Poetry, Vampires in -- Polidori, John (1795-1821) -- Ruthven, Lord -- Rymer, James Malcolm (1804-1884) -- Saberhagen, Fred (1930-2007) -- Saint Germain -- Science Fiction, Vampires in -- Southey, Robert (1774-1843) -- Tolstoy, Alexey Konstantinovitch (1817-1875) -- Varney the Vampyre -- or, The Feast of Blood -- Wolf, Leonard (1923-2019) |
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Modern Authors of the Vampire World -- Adrian, Lara (1966-) -- Arthur, Keri (1967-) -- Ashley, Amanda (1963-) -- Bangs, Nina -- Bergstrom, Elaine (1946-) -- Brewer, Zac (Heather) (1973-) -- Caine, Rachel (1962-2020) -- Cast, Kristin (1986-), and P(hyllis) C(hristine) (1960-) -- Collins, Nancy A. (1959-) -- Davidson, MaryJanice (1969-) -- Elrod, P. N. (1954-) -- Feehan, Christine -- Forrest, Bella -- Hamilton, Laurell K(aye) (1963-) -- Harkness, Deborah (1965-) -- Harris, Charlaine (1951-) -- Harrison, Kim (1966-) -- Holder, Nancy (1952-) -- Huff, Tanya (1957-) -- Jungman, Ann (1938-) |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Kalogridis, Jeanne (1954-) |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781578597543 |
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1578597544 |
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