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.

A brief history of recent vampiric literature. Includes a timeline.

Also contains a variety of 18th & 19th century vampire stories, including some I've never seen anywhere else. The working papers and research notes for "Dracula" are included, along with a psychoanalysis of the Count.

Fun and informative. ( )