Forthcoming: From Demons to Dracula

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Beresford, Matthew. From Demons to Dracula

The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth

The University of Chicago Press. 2008

224 pages

"In blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries, the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. The cultural history of the vampire is a rich and varied tale that is now ably documented in From Demons to Dracula, a compelling study of the vampire myth that reveals why this creature of the undead fascinates us so."

This investigation will be publihed in December, 2008. For sale in North and South America. For more information go to:         www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl

 

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