From Demons to Dracula by Matthew Beresford
In blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries, the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stokers Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. This book tells the history of the vampire, and reveals why the vampire myth fascinates us.
Please visit the From Demons to Dracula website here 'The vampire of antiquity was a ghost, who became enfleshed as the revenant, the ghoul; then, particularly in eastern Europe, it turned into a blood-suckerUnder the ministrations of western novelists, he pupated into the seductive, cape-wearing aristocrat of modern myth. This process Matthew Beresford delineates with great clarity ... fascinating. Independent on Sunday Aficionados of vampire culture will probably find little to surprise them in this fascinating study, but the rest of us will remain gripped throughout ... This is a fun study but it's also, as Beresford says, a study in our fears, and ultimately, our fear of death. The Herald, Glasgow
Matthew Beresford is a consultant archaeologist specializing in community archaeology, education and research based in Nottinghamshire. He is author of From Demons to Dracula: The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth (Reaktion, 2008).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861894038 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861894031 |
| Title | From Demons to Dracula |
| Author | Matthew Beresford |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2008-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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