The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A Comprehensive Bibliography

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McFarland, Oct 7, 2015 - Literary Criticism - 388 pages

This comprehensive bibliography covers writings about vampires and related creatures from the 19th century to the present. More than 6,000 entries document the vampire's penetration of Western culture, from scholarly discourse, to popular culture, politics and cook books.

Sections by topic list works covering various aspects, including general sources, folklore and history, vampires in literature, music and art, metaphorical vampires and the contemporary vampire community. Vampires from film and television--from Bela Lugosi's Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood and the Twilight Saga--are well represented.

 

Contents

Introduction by J Gordon Melton
1
A Brief Overview
9
A Vampire Timeline with Special Reference to Literature Stage Drama Cinema and Television 18002013 ...
15
General Sources
23
IIFolklore and History
39
IIILiterature
62
IVVampires on Stage and Screen
135
VVampires on Television
199
VIIThe Metaphorical Vampire
304
VIIIThe Contemporary Vampire Subculture
335
IXJuvenilia
345
Top Grossing Vampire Movies
353
Vampire Series on Television
354
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Conferences
356
Index
357
Copyright

VIVampires in Music and Art
292

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About the author (2015)

J. Gordon Melton is the distinguished professor of American religious history at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. He is also an accomplished scholar of vampire and Dracula studies and the author of multiple books. He lives in Woodway, Texas. Alysa Hornick has maintained Whedonology: An Academic Whedon Studies Bibliography since 2005. She lives and works in New York City.

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