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1	Vampire Companion more books like this by Katherine M Ramsland add to wishlist Written with the full cooperation of Anne Rice - and now with more than 1,200 entries - The Vampire Companion offers an insightful exploration, appreciation, and interpretation of all the characters and events, names and places, symbols and themes in the five volumes of The Vampire Chronicles, including more than one hundred pages of new entries ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Annotated Dracula more books like this by Bram Stoker add to wishlist see all copies from $5.49! signed copies \| first editions
3	Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture: What Becomes a Legend Most more books like this by William Patrick Day add to wishlist While vampire stories have been part of popular culture since the beginning of the 19th century, it has been in the last decades of the 20th century and the start of the 21st century that they have become a central part of American culture. This volume examines how vampire stories - from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" to "Blacula", from Bela Lugosi to ... see all copies from $24.30! new only from $24.30!
4	Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula more books like this by Christopher Frayling (Editor) add to wishlist Vampire literature is an amazingly varied genre of writing, providing elements of everything from the penny dreadful horrors to powerful doses of myth and eroticism. Because it contains its own mythology and its own set of rules, it has also proved a psychologically attractive genre for many writers from its Romantic inception to the present day. ... see all copies from $4.82!
5	Legends of Blood: The Vampire in History and Myth more books like this by Wayne Bartlett add to wishlist If ever there was in the world a warranted and proven history, it is that of vampires: nothing is lacking, official reports, testimonials of persons of standing, of surgeons, clergymen, of judges; the judicial evidence is all-embracing.' - Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The vampire - that potent mixture of blood-lust and romantic horror - has a long ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
6	The Vampire Lectures more books like this by Professor Laurence A Rickels add to wishlist This book collects a number of texts adapted from classes taught by Rickels at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A professor of German literature, Rickels presents both the mythology and media representations of vampires, as well as examining the human fascination with the undead through various psychoanalytic writings. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $17.34! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture more books like this by Joan Gordon (Editor), Veronica Hollinger (Editor), Brian W Aldiss (Foreword by) add to wishlist An collection of articles, essays, and interviews that examine the relationship of the fictional vampire with society. Includes pieces by noted writers of vampire fiction Suzy McKee Charnas, Brian Stableford, and Jewelle Gomez. see all copies from $11.25! new only from $22.38! \| SVS
8	Dracula more books like this by Samuel J Umland add to wishlist The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. "CliffsNotes on Dracula" digs into the story of a count who survives by sipping the blood ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Prism of the Night: 2a Biography of Anne Rice more books like this by Katherine M Ramsland add to wishlist The stunning life story of a woman whose bestselling fiction explores the dangerous world of the demonic and of forbidden sexuality. Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire took a surprised world by storm, and her other bestselling works have continued to hold readers spellbound. Now a psychologist and philosopher details her life. 16 pages of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Vampire in Nineteenth Century English Literature more books like this by Carol A Senf add to wishlist Carol A. Senf traces the vampire's evolution from folklore to twentieth-century popular culture and explains why this creature became such an important metaphor in Victorian England. see all copies from $13.71! new only from $13.71! \| first editions
11	Children of the Night: Of Vampires and Vampirism more books like this by Tony Thorne add to wishlist A century after Bram Stoker made the Vampire one of the most potent images in all literature, the cult of the undead is as alive as ever. Not only on celluloid and in the pages of fiction, but in the S&M clubs of New York City, in Midwest high schools and English pubs, across the forests of Puerto Rico and the jungles of Malaysia, the creature ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $86.72! \| first editions
12	Haunted City: An Unauthorized Guide to the Magical, Magnificent New Orleans of Anne Rice more books like this by Joy Dickinson add to wishlist - Includes updated references to all the latest Anne Rice books- Features a list of Internet resources and a bibliography for further reading on Rice- New photos including places of interest featured in the movie version of Interview With the Vampire see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Dracula: The Novel & the Legend: A Study of Bram Stoker's Gothic Masterpiece more books like this by Clive Leatherdale add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
14 view cover	Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice; Revised Edition more books like this by Katherine M Ramsland add to wishlist Now completely updated, here is the fascinating biography of the woman behind the most richly conceived "children of the night" in the history of vampire literature. Includes new material on the writing of Lasher and the filming of Interview with the Vampire. 16 pages of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.86!
15 view cover	The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Dracula more books like this by Mark Dawidziak add to wishlist This "Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion" to the world's most famous vampire looks at all aspects of the Dracula phenomenon in often unexpected ways - in true Bedside tradition, including entries on the psychological and sociological implications of the book and the stage plays; the movies; television versions; actors, and, of course, the ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies
16	Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice more books like this by Katherine M Ramsland add to wishlist Anne Rice, whose vivid supernatural themes have captured a huge mainstream audience, has led a life fully as unusual as her fiction. Now, in this first full-length biography, eminent scholar Katherine Ramsland provides a revealing portrait of Anne Rice and a history of the circumstances that led to the writing of her works. A new chapter in this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.88! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Vampire Gallery: A Who's Who of the Undead more books like this by J Gordon Melton add to wishlist In addition to 200 sketches of fictional vampire characters of the 19th and 20th century, this book also contains essays about vampires, from literature, graphic novels, music, and other areas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Dracula: The Connoisseur's Guide more books like this by Leonard Wolf add to wishlist On the eve of his 100th birthday, Dracula remains a cultural icon of mythic proportions--the quintessential embodiment of evil and forbidden sexuality. Leonard Wolf, himself a native son of Transylvania, celebrates the legend in style with this authoritative guide to Dracula's origins, incarnations, and impact on civilization. 30 photos. see all copies from $3.09! new only from $11.37! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Bram Stoker and the Man Who Was Dracula more books like this by Barbara Belford add to wishlist New in paperback: The story of the mind behind the monster (and the monster within the mind)-a tale of obsession and hero worship in Victorian England. "What a splendid subject to sink one's teeth into," raved the Washington Post . Here was a six-foot-two Irishman with a red bearda Victorian family man, a spirited debater, and the author of novels ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Book of the Vampire more books like this by Nigel Suckling, Bruce Pennington (Illustrator) add to wishlist "Book of the Vampire" presents a stimulating and chilling look at world-wide and ages-old myths about blood-sucking creatures. 50 b&w illustrations. see all copies from $11.60! new only from $13.42! \| SVS
21 view cover	Bram Stoker's Dracula: Sucking Through the Century, 1897-1997 more books like this by Carol Margaret Davison add to wishlist In 1897, Archibald Constable & Company published a novel by the unheralded Bram Stoker. That novel, Dracula, has gone on to become perhaps the most influential novel of all time. To commemorate the centennial of that great novel, Carol Margaret Davison has brought together this collection of essays by some of the world's leading scholars. The ... see all copies from $9.84! new only from $18.75! \| first editions \| SVS
22	The Dracula Scrapbook more books like this by Peter Haining add to wishlist Since its publication in 1897, Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" has been adapted for the cinema, dramatized for the stage and inspired a whole series of books and films on the Dracula theme. This success story is explored here, with fascinating revelations about how Stoker's novel came about, alongside details of the growth of the Dracula screen cult ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.49! \| first editions
23 view cover	Dracula more books like this by Carol Senf add to wishlist Series Editor: Robert Lecker, McGill University Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, "Masterwork Studies" are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great ... see all copies from $5.80! new only from $25.90! \| SVS
24 view cover	Bram Stoker: Dracula more books like this by William Hughes, Professor Nicolas Tredell (Editor) add to wishlist This comprehensive survey of the critical response to "Dracula "provides an overview of the trends and development of work surrounding the novel. The critics and approaches discussed range from the earliest studies to the present day, with particular emphasis on biography, psychoanalysis, postcolonialism, Irish studies and gender. see all copies from $25.29! new only from $25.29! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Lure of the Vampire: Gender, Fiction and Fandom from Bram Stoker to Buffy more books like this by Professor Milly Williamson add to wishlist Williamson explores the curiosity and fascination surrounding the enduring myth of Dracula and vampires. Interest in vampires is still prevalent in popular culture, suggested by the recent popularity of such television shows as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and it's spin-off, "Angel." Milly Williamson examines this phenomena and looks at the issues ... see all copies from $14.50! new only from $31.20! \| SVS

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