Vampyres : genesis and resurrection from Count Dracula to Vampirella / Christopher Frayling.

By: Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2016Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: 464 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500252215 (hbk.) :
  • 0500252211
Uniform titles:
  • Vampyre
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
Summary: Christopher Frayling has spent 45 years exploring the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history of mass culture - the vampire. 'Vampyres' is a comprehensive and generously illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond.
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Previous edition: London: Faber & Faber, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references.

Christopher Frayling has spent 45 years exploring the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history of mass culture - the vampire. 'Vampyres' is a comprehensive and generously illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond.

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