The Vampire Almanac: The Complete History

Editor/Author Melton, J. Gordon
Publication Year: 2022
Publisher: Visible Ink Press

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-57-859763-5
Category: Mythology & Folklore
Image Count: 301
Book Status: Available
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Showing how vampire-like creatures organically formed in virtually every part of the world, The Vampire Almanac: The Complete History examines the historic, societal, and psychological role the vampire has played - and continues to play - in understanding death, man's deepest desires, and human pathologies.

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Table of Contents

  • Photo Sources
  • Introduction
  • The Vampire Way
  • Origins of the Vampire
  • Appearance of the Vampire
  • Characteristics of the Vampire
  • Crucifix
  • Destroying the Vampire
  • Dust
  • Fangs
  • Garlic
  • Mirrors
  • Protection against Vampires
  • Psychic Vampirism
  • Suicide
  • Vision
  • History
  • Approaching the Vampire
  • Real Vampires
  • Christianity and Vampires
  • Vampires through the Centuries
  • Studying the Vampire
  • Scholarly Perspectives of the Vampire
  • Explanations of Vampirism
  • Vampire Crime
  • Political/Economic Vampires
  • Sexuality and the Vampire
  • Homosexuality and the Vampire
  • Lesbian Vampires
  • The Scholars
  • Scholarly Organizations
  • Vampires around the World
  • Vampires! They’re Everywhere!
  • The Americas
  • Asia and Oceana
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Middle East and Africa
  • Western and Northern Europe
  • Dracula
  • From Rural Transylvania to Ruler of the World’s Vampires
  • Dracula the Legend
  • Dracula the Novel
  • Dracula’s Friends and Enemies (the Major Characters)
  • Dracula’s Habitats
  • The Vampire Onstage
  • Introducting the Dramatic Vampire
  • Balderston, John Lloyd
  • Deane, Hamilton
  • Dracula; or, The Un-Dead: A Play in Prologue and Five Acts
  • Dracula: The Vampire Play in Three Acts
  • Dumas, Alexandre
  • Kelly, Tim
  • Nodier, Charles
  • Planché, James Robinson
  • The Literary Vampire
  • From Minor Poetic Concern to Fictional Hero and Heroine
  • Banks, L. A.
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • Bunnicula
  • Byron, Lord George Gordon
  • Carmilla
  • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
  • Gautier, Théophile
  • Good-Guy Vampires
  • Holmes, Sherlock
  • Juvenile and Young Adult Literature
  • Keats, John
  • Le Fanu, Sheridan
  • Lee, Tanith
  • Matheson, Richard
  • Paranormal Romance Literature
  • Poetry, Vampires in
  • Polidori, John
  • Ruthven, Lord
  • Rymer, James Malcolm
  • Saberhagen, Fred
  • Saint Germain
  • Science Fiction, Vampires in
  • Southey, Robert
  • Tolstoy, Alexey Konstantinovitch
  • Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
  • Wolf, Leonard
  • Modern Authors of the Vampire World
  • Adrian, Lara
  • Arthur, Keri
  • Ashley, Amanda
  • Bangs, Nina
  • Bergstrom, Elaine
  • Brewer, Zac (Heather)
  • Caine, Rachel
  • Cast, Kristin, and P(hyllis) C(hristine)
  • Collins, Nancy A.
  • Davidson, MaryJanice
  • Elrod, P. N.
  • Feehan, Christine
  • Forrest, Bella
  • Hamilton, Laurell K(aye)
  • Harkness, Deborah
  • Harris, Charlaine
  • Harrison, Kim
  • Holder, Nancy
  • Huff, Tanya
  • Jungman, Ann
  • Kalogridis, Jeanne
  • Kenyon, Sherrilyn
  • Kikuchi, Hideyuki
  • King, Stephen
  • Lumley, Brian
  • Mead, Richelle
  • Miller, Linda Lael
  • Neill, Chloe
  • Newman, Kim
  • Niles, Steve
  • Pike, Christopher
  • Pozzessere, Heather Graham
  • Sands, Lynsay
  • Shan, Darren
  • Smith, L(isa) J(ane)
  • Sommer-Bodenburg, Angela
  • Somtow, S. P.
  • Tan, Cecilia
  • Ward, J. R.
  • Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn
  • Dracula in the Cinema
  • Dracula on the Silver Screen
  • Actors
  • Movies
  • Other Cinematic Vampires
  • African American Vampire Films
  • Bara, Theda
  • Blacula
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie)
  • Chaney, Alonso “Lon”
  • Cushing, Peter
  • Dark Shadows (movie)
  • Dreyer, Carl Theodore
  • From Dusk till Dawn
  • Hammer Films
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • London after Midnight
  • Mexican and Latin American Films
  • Rollin, Jean
  • Schreck, Max
  • Twenty-first Century Films
  • Underworld
  • Universal Pictures
  • Vampyr
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • Yorga, Count
  • Vampire Book-to-Film Adaptations
  • The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
  • Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Vampire on TV
  • Being Human
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Television Series
  • Bunnicula
  • Count von Count
  • Dark Shadows
  • Forever Knight
  • Lost Girl
  • Midnight, Texas
  • The Munsters
  • NOS4A2
  • Penny Dreadful
  • The Strain
  • True Blood
  • Vampira
  • The Vampire Diaries / The Originals / Legacies
  • Vampirina
  • Young Dracula
  • Vampires in Pop Culture
  • Atlanta Vampire Alliance
  • Baron Blood
  • Batman
  • Belanger, Michelle
  • Blade the Vampire Slayer
  • Chapman, Erin
  • Comic Books
  • Dracula (Marvel Comics character)
  • The Dracula Society (UK)
  • Duckula, Count
  • Frost, Deacon
  • Games
  • Glut, Donald Frank
  • Hogg, Anthony John
  • The Hollywood Vampires
  • Humor
  • Jacula
  • Morbius
  • New Orleans
  • Preacher
  • Ravenloft
  • Riccardo, Martin V.
  • Sebastian, Father
  • The Tomb of Dracula
  • Vamp
  • Vampire Fandom
  • Vampire: The Eternal Struggle
  • Vampire: The Masquerade
  • Vampire Weekend (rock band)
  • Vampirella
  • Vampires Everywhere! (rock band)
  • Wolfman, Marv
  • Youngson, Jeanne Keyes
  • Further Reading