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(2008)
Book of the vampire
by Nigel Suckling
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Table of Contents
I. Dracula's dynasty. Bram Stoker and the literary and cultural background of Dracula
The vampire in prose, poetry, and on stage during the nineteenth century
A brief history of Bram Stoker and the progress of his opus from book to stage and to silver screen
II. The ancient evil. The legends and folklore on vampires that Stoker drew upon for Dracula
The eighteenth century vampire plagues in Eastern Europe and what scholars made of them
How the ideas spread to the West
Premature burial and masticating dead
The spiritualist perspective.
III. Bloodlust. The mystical significance of blood in ancient and medieval times
The lamia, succubus, ghoul and other vampires in ancient Rome, Greece and the Middle East
Adam's first wife Lilith as a vampire
Parallels in other cultures
IV. Dracula, the Blood Countess and Bluebeard. History and legends of the original Prince Dracula, his kinswoman Countess Elisabeth Bathory of Hungary and Gilles de Retz
V. The un-living dead. Modern outbreaks of vampire hysteria
Real vampires in the past century.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224).
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