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Vampire - in folklore, animated corpse that sucks the blood of humans. Belief in vampires has existed from the earliest times and has given rise to an amalgam of legends and superstitions. They were most commonly thought of as spirits or demons that left their graves at night to seek and enslave their victims; it was thought that the victims themselves became vampires. The vampire could be warded

14 of the Best Books and Articles on: Vampires

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The Vampyre, and Other Tales of the Macabre » Read Now
by Robert Morrison, Chris Baldick. 292 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

John Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre"(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer...
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John Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre"(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carelton. The introduction surveys the genesis and influence of "The Vampyre" and its central themes and techniques, while the Appendices contain material closely associated with its composition and publication, including Lord Byron's prose fragment "Augustus Darvell."
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The Monster with a Thousand Faces: Guises of the Vampire in Myth and Literature » Read Now
by Brian J. Frost. 152 pgs.

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Brian Frost chronicles the history of the vampire in myth and literature, providing a sumptuous repast for all devotees of the bizarre. In a wide-ranging survey, including plot summaries of hundreds of novels and short stories, the reader meets an amazing assortment of vampires from the pages of...
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Brian Frost chronicles the history of the vampire in myth and literature, providing a sumptuous repast for all devotees of the bizarre. In a wide-ranging survey, including plot summaries of hundreds of novels and short stories, the reader meets an amazing assortment of vampires from the pages of weird fiction, ranging from the 10,000-year-old femme fatale in Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror to the malevolent fetus in Eddy C. Bertin’s “Something Small, Something Hungry.” Nostalgia buffs will enjoy a discussion of the vampire yarns in the pulp magazines of the interwar years, while fans of contemporary vampire fiction will also be sated.
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Vampire Gothic, in American Literary History » Read Now
by Teresa A. Goddu. 17 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Teresa A. Goddu Number of the worlds 810 vampires who live in the United States, according...3 Harpers Index, October 1992 Vampires seem to be on the rise, at least in...
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The Blood Is the Life: Vampires in Literature » Read Now
by Leonard G. Heldreth, Mary Pharr. 254 pgs.

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The Vampire Lectures » Read Now
by Laurence A. Rickels. 360 pgs.

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Songs of Love and Death: The Classical American Horror Film of the 1930s (Chap. 1 "Dracula: The Amorous Death" and Chap. 11 "Dracula's Daughter: Vampirism as Psychosis") » Read Now
by Michael Sevastakis. 209 pgs.

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This book examines eleven horror films in-depth and their relationships to Romantic Gothic literary conventions--mainly, but not solely, found in works dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. To illustrate the use of these conventions in film, Sevastakis analyzes shots from scenes and sequences of...
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This book examines eleven horror films in-depth and their relationships to Romantic Gothic literary conventions--mainly, but not solely, found in works dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. To illustrate the use of these conventions in film, Sevastakis analyzes shots from scenes and sequences of all films discussed. Due to the large quantity of horror films produced during this period, the films in this book have been selected on the basis of their supernatural and preternatural content, and on four conventions predicated on fictional literary models dealing with the villain-hero.
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Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror: Jungian Archetypes in Horror Films (Chap. 4 "Vampires: Lonely Children of the Night") » Read Now
by James F. Iaccino. 217 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret mythologies, to examine great works of literature, and to explain why sexual stereotypes persist in our...
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In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret mythologies, to examine great works of literature, and to explain why sexual stereotypes persist in our society. Here, for the first time, Iaccino applies such models as the "Cursed Wanderers," the "Warrior Amazons," the "Random Destroyers," and the "Techno-Myths" to highlight recurrent themes in a wide range of films, from early classics such as Nosferatu to the contemporary Nightmare on Elm Street and Alien series. With this innovative approach, Iaccino gains a new perspective on the psychology of the often powerful compulsion to be scared.
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The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror (Chap. 4 "Seductive Vampires") » Read Now
by Cynthia A. Freeland. 320 pgs.

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This text examines philosophical aspects of horror films from a feminist perspective. It focuses on a select body of films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and the nature of evil.
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What Evil Means to Us (Chap. Six "Splatter Movies or Shiva? A Culture of Vampires") » Read Now
by C. Fred Alford. 183 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

C. Fred Alford interviewed working people, prisoners, and college students in order to discover how people experience evil -- in themselves, in others, and in the world. What people meant by evil, he found, was a profound, inchoate feeling of dread so overwhelming that they tried to inflict it on...
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C. Fred Alford interviewed working people, prisoners, and college students in order to discover how people experience evil -- in themselves, in others, and in the world. What people meant by evil, he found, was a profound, inchoate feeling of dread so overwhelming that they tried to inflict it on others to be rid of it themselves. A leather-jacketed emergency medical technician, for example, one of the many young people for whom vampires are oddly seductive icons of evil, said he would "give anything to be a vampire".
Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, Alford argues that the primary experience of evil is not moral but existential. The problems of evil are complicated by the terror it evokes, a threat to the self so profound it tends to be isolated deep in the mind. Alford suggests an alternative to this bleak vision. The exercise of imagination -- in particular, imagination that takes the form of a shared narrative -- offers an active and practical alternative to the contemporary experience of evil. Our society suffers from a paucity of shared narratives and the creative imagination they inspire.
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The Gothic World of Anne Rice » Read Now
by Gary Hoppenstand, Ray B. Browne. 252 pgs.

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Blood Relations: The Gothic Perversion of the Nuclear Family in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, in Journal of Popular Culture » Read Now
by Candace R. Benefiel. 13 pgs.
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Staking Her Claim: Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Transgressive Woman Warrior, in Journal of Popular Culture » Read Now
by Frances H. Early. 17 pgs.
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The Primitive City of Timbuctoo (Chap. 6 "Genie, Fetish and Vampire") » Read Now
by Horace Miner. 302 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...epitomize for the native the French ridicule of maraboutic powers, vampires, and all native tradition. Small wonder that recourse is had...missionaries. In this role, I...
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Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of Hatred and Cruelty, Vol. Two (Chap. 17 "Cannibalism, Necrophilism, and Vampirism") » Read Now
by Wilhelm Stekel, Louise Brink. 476 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...DISORDERS OF THE INSTINCTS AND THE EMOTIONS The Psychology of Hatred and Cruelty BY WILHELM STEKEL, M.D. SADISM AND MASOCHISM Two Volumes -- Vol. II...