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Bunson, Matthew. The Vampire Encyclopedia. New York: Crown Publishing Group, 1993.
2,000 A-Z entries on folklore, literature and popular culture. Reviewed favourably in Library Journal, June 1, 1993, p. 102.
Daniels, Les. Living in Fear: a History of Horror in the Mass Media. New York: Scribner, 1975.
A history of horror in Western culture from Beowulf to the Exorcist. Copious illustrations and seven horror stories including "Bloodson" by Richard Matheson.
Farson, Daniel. Vampires, Zombies and Monster Men. London: Aldus Books, 1975.
Lavishly illustrated popular history of supernatural belief in vampires, zombies, and werewolves. Similar in nature to the Time-Life Mysteries of the Unknown series.
Fisher, Benjamin Franklin. The Gothic's Gothic: Study Aids to the Tradition of the Tale of Terror. New York: Garland Publishing, 1988.
Includes sections on John Polidori, Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, and Vampires and Vampirism.
Frayling, Christopher, comp. Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula. London: Faber and Faber, 1991.
Scholarly collection of essays on the vampire myth in literature and folklore.
Frost, Brian J. The Monster with a Thousand Faces: Guises of the Vampire in Myth and Literature. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1989.
Very brief, but surprisingly comprehensive and useful survey of vampirism in myth and literature. Includes good supplementary list of novels and short stories.
Haining, Peter. The Art of Horror Stories: Two Hundred Years of Spine-Chilling Illustrations. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1986.
Beautifully illustrated history of horror illustration from the first Gothic engravings to the rich illustrations from Strand, Harper's, Amazing Stories, Strange Tales, Argosy, and Weird Tales. Originally titled Terror!
Masters, Anthony. The Natural History of the Vampire. 1st American ed. New York: Putnam, 1972.
History of mythical vampirism and the vampire in literature. Includes analysis of vampire practices and protection throughout the world.
Riccardo, Martin V. Vampires Unearthed: the Complete Multi- Media Vampire and Dracula Bibliography. The Unexplained, the mysterious, and the supernatural, 2. New York: Garland Pub., 1983.
Extensive bibliography covers all things vampiric from folklore and fiction to hematomania [human blood-drinking] and vampire jokes.
South, Malcolm, ed. Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: a Source Book and Research Guide. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
Good, encyclopedia-length article on the renaissance of the undead (p.243-264), including a short bibliography.
Sullivan, Jack, ed. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
Includes an excellent entry on vampires (despite several small errors). It is an especially good starting place for someone who is unfamiliar with the various mythical, literary, cinematic, and cultural branches of vampire-study. [See Appendix C]
Summers, Montague. The Vampire, His Kith and Kin. New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1960.
Along with Paul Barber's Vampires, Burial and Death this is a standard for those interested in a good, basic study of the origins and practices of folkloric vampires, and their manifestation in literature. Untranslated quotations in Latin, French, German, and Greek may be beyond some readers' expertise. Extensive bibliography.
Thompson, Leslie M. "The Vampire in an Age of Technology" in T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore, ed. Francis Edward Abernathy. pp. 149-160. Publications / Texas Folklore Society, 44. Dallas: Heart Press, 1982.
Essay on the widespread popularity of vampires in the 19th and 20th centuries. Early attempts to account for vampires and modern definitions and theories about them.
Transformations. Mysteries of the unknown. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1989.
Lavishly illustrated popular history of werewolves, shape-shifters, and vampires.
Twitchell, James B. Dreadful Pleasures: an Anatomy of Modern Horror. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Examines horror in American culture and its manifestations in art, literature, and cinema. Also discusses why certain myths and legends, like Dracula, have persisted while others have not. See Ch. 3 "The Rise and Fall and Rise of Dracula."
Waller, Gregory A. The Living and the Undead: from Stoker's Dracula to Romero's Dawn of the Dead. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986.
Examination of how novels and feature films present the confrontation between the living and the undead as a subgenre of the horror story.
Wright, Dudley. The Book of Vampires. Causeway, a bridge from here to there. New York: Causeway Books, 1973.
General introduction to vampire folklore in Europe and Asia.
B. The Historical Dracula and Friends
Florescu, Radu. Dracula: a Biography of Vlad the Impaler, 1431-1476. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1973.
Preliminary study of the historical Dracula within the Romanian context.
Florescu, Radu. Dracula: Prince of Many Faces His Life and Times. 1st ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989.
Scholarly biography of Vlad Dracula of Romania (1431-1476), the inspiration for Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. Draws on contemporary written accounts, diplomatic records, and oral traditions. Includes very useful, brief annotated bibliography.
Gillette, Robert. "Dracula -- Can't Kill a Good Myth." Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 1985, 1, 14, 20.
Examines Romania's struggles with tourism and the Dracula myth.
Mackenzie, Andrew. Dracula Country: Travels and Folk Beliefs in Romania. London: Arthur Barker, 1977.
Matchan, Linda. "Placing Dracula in History." Boston Globe, 29 Oct. 1989, 40.
Interviews with McNally and Florescu on their scholarly pursuit of Dracula lore.
McNally, Raymond T. Dracula Was a Woman: in Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. New York: McGraw Hill, 1983.
Historical background of the Bathory and Nadasy families and biography of Elizabeth Bathory. Also includes chapters on the connections with Dracula, and the vampire in literature.
McNally, Raymond T. In Search of Dracula: a True History of Dracula and Vampire Legends. Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1972.
Penrose, Valentine. The Bloody Countess. Trocchi, Alexander, trans. London: Calder & Boyars, 1970.
French biography of Erzsebet Bathory, originally titled Erzsebet Bathory, la comtesse sanglante.
Ronay, Gabriel. The Truth About Dracula. New York: Day Books, 1979.
History of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Briefly mentions the Historical Dracula. (Also published as The Dracula Myth)
Treptow, Kurt W., ed. Dracula: Essays on the Life and Times of Vlad Tepes. East European Monographs, no. 323. Boulder, Colo.: East European Monographs, 1991.
1. Folklore
Barber, Paul. Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988.
The standard work on the origins of the folkloric vampire. Not for the weak-stomached -- the book includes graphic descriptions of the characteristics of a decomposing corpse that have led to similar belliefs worldwide in vampires. Extensive bibliography.
Boulay, Juliet du. "The Greek Vampire: a Study of Cyclic Symbolism in Marriage and Death." MAN: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute N.S. 17, 2 (June 1982): 219-238.
Interpretation of the vampire myth in modern Greece and its relationship to the marriage tradition, katameria.
Perkowski, Jan Louis. The Darkling: a Treatise on Slavic Vampirism. Colombus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, 1989.
Scholarly examination of vampire beliefs and their methods of transmission, both traditional and modern, among the Slavs.
Perkowski, Jan Louis. Vampires of the Slavs. Cambridge, Mass.: Slavica, 1976.
Collection of essays on vampires in slavic mythology and modern culture.
Schierup, Carl-Ulrik. "Why Are Vampires Still Alive?: Wallachian Immigrants in Scandinavia." Ethnos, 51, 3-4 (1986): 173-198.
Patterns of belief in vampres among Wallachian immigrants to Scandinavia
Senn, Harry A. Were-Wolf and Vampire in Romania. East European Monographs, 99. Boulder: East European Monographs, 1982.
Study of Romanian beliefs in supernatural creatures. Includes sections on Romanian parallels in world-wide folklore and the Westernization of Dracula.
Summers, Montague. The Vampire in Europe. Wellingborough, Eng.: Aquarian Press, 1980.
Classic study of vampires in European folklore.
2. Medical Evidence
Japenga, Ann. "Vampire theory Haunts Porphyria Victims." Los Angeles Times, 25, Aug. 1985, sec. VI, p. 1, 23.
Difficulties faced by porphyria sufferers because of symptoms' similarities to modern vampire myths.
Kayton, Lawrence. "The Relationship of the Vampire Legend to Schizophrenia." Journal of Youth and Adolescence: a Multidisciplinary Research Publication 1, 4 (Dec. 1972): 303-314.
The vampire legend as a representation of the oral needs and fears of the schizophrenic. Presents several case histories.
Marmorstein, Jerome. "Vampires, Werewolves, and Porphyria: comfronting Media Irresponsibility." Medical Tribune 25 (sept. 1985): 45.
Responsibility of the media in fueling public perception of porphyria victims as "vampires."
McCully, Robert S. "Vampirism: Historical Perspective and Underlying Process in Relation to a Case of Auto- Vampirism." Journal of nervous and mental disease 139, 5 (Nov. 1964): 440-452.
Nature and origin of the vampire image as related to a clinical case of auto-vampirism.
Noll, Richard, ed. Vampires, Werewolves, and Demons: Twentieth Century Reports in the Psychiatric Literature. New York: Brunne/Mazel, 1992.
Articles and case studies of vampirism as a clinical condition.
Prins, Herschel. "Vampirism -- Legendary or Clinical Phenomenon?" Medicine, science and the law 24, 4 (1984): 283-293.
Examination of "clinical vampirism" in the anthropological context of blood beliefs and rituals, mythology, and demonology.
Vanden Bergh, R. L. "Vampirism." Archives of General Psychiatry 11, 5 (Nov. 1964): 543-547.
Clinical vampirism and its relationship to oral-sadism and psychosis.
With, Torben K. "A Short History of Porphyrins and the Porphyrias." International Journal of Biochemistry 11 (1980): 189-200.
3. Modern "Vampires"
Benson, Richard. "A Stake in the Vampire Biz." The Guardian. Sept. 13, 1991, 38.
Profile of Rev. Sean Manchester, self-proclaimed Vampire hunter.
Chappell, Helen. "Vault-Face." The Guardian. April 21, 1987, Open Space 10.
A description of the modern "goth" fashion, music, and lifestyle.
Dresser, Norine. American Vampires: Fans, Victims & Practitioners. 1st ed. New York: Norton, 1989.
Popular study examines America and the vampire myth as legend, marketing strategy, and sexual practice. Dispells myth that porphyria is the reason behind Folkloric beliefs in vampirism.
Galloway, Paul. "Vein Glorius." Chicago Tribune. Oct. 14, 1991, 51, 2.
Interviews with Norine Dresser and Stephen Kaplan [founder of the Vampire Research Center] on the popularity of vampire lore and fiction in America and the rise of vampirism as a practiced lifestyle.
Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. Vampires Among Us: The Surprising Story of Real-Life Vampires in the 20th Century. New York:Pocket Books, 1991.
A journalist and psychic investigation examines the lives of modern day vampires through interviews and first person accounts.
Hermann, Brenda. "Hey, Buffy, Make Room for Real Vampire Hunters." Chicago Tribune. Aug. 25, 1992, 71.
Brief article on Stephen Kaplan and his research on real-life vampires and vampire hunters.
Hoobs, Sandy and David Cornwell. "Hunting the Monster with Iron Teeth" in Monsters With Iron Teeth ed. Gillian Bennett. pp. 115-147. Perspectives on contemporary legend, 3. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1988.
Kahn, Joseph P. "Drawing More Than Blood." Boston Globe. Oct. 31, 1992, 1, 4.
Interviews with Raymond McNally and Anne Rice on the current popularity of vampire lore and literature
Lipman, Jeanne. "Coke's Vampire Ad." Wall Street Journal. Mar. 26, 1992, B8.
Announcement that Coca-Cola will debut a vampire-themed television ad during the broadcast of the 1992 Academy Awards.
Manchester, Sean. The Highgate Vampire: the Infernal World of the Undead Unearthed at London's Highgate Cemetary and Environs. 2nd rev. ed. London: Gothic Press, 1991.
Moody, Lori. "Dracula Take Heart." Los Angeles Daily News, 28 Oct. 1992.
California leads the nation in number of vampires, according to the Vampire Research Center. Discussion of the popular culture appeal of vampires.
Picker, Lauren. "Vampires Fly High on Eve of Halloween." Wall Street Journal. Oct. 30, 1992, A11.
Article on the current vampire craze with comments from vampirologists Jeanne Youngson, Martin Riccardo, and Norine Dresser.
Ramsland, Katherine. "Hunger for the Marvelous: the Vampire Craze in the Computer Age." Psychology Today 23 (Nov. 1989): 31-35.
Explanation for the popularity of the vampire myth in American culture.
Schmetzer, Uli. "Slum Dwellers of Manila suckers for Vampire Tales." Chicago Tribune. May 11, 1992, 15.
Newsstory of a woman in the Philippines suspected of being a "manananggal" [a long-tongued monster that can suck unborn babies from their mothers' wombs].
"Up To Our Necks." Los Angeles Times. Oct. 28, 1992, E1, 4.
Discussion of modern vampires including information from Stephen Kaplan's vampire census and current news items.
"Woman Convicted in Assault Is Cleared on Vampire Charge." San Francisco Chronicle. June 26, 1992, A24.
A Santa Cruz woman convicted of assaulting a neighbor is cleared of charges that she killed him and drank his blood.
Findley, Nigel D. Van Richten's Guide to Vampires. Advanced dungeons & dragons. 2nd ed., 9345. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Inc., 1991.
Handbook for the role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons.
Gordon, Karen Elizabeth. The Transitive Vampire: a Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed. New York: Times Books, 1984.
Leibman, Arthur. The Ghosts, Witches and Vampires Quiz Book. Sterling Publishers,
Polvay, Marina. The Dracula Cookbook. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1978.
Youngson, Jeanne. The Count Dracula Chicken Cookbook. Ltd. ed. Chicago: Adams Press, 1979.
Youngson, Jeanne. The Count Dracula Fan Club Handbook. Venice, Fla.: Topix Press, 1984.
Youngson, Jeanne, ed. Count Dracula's Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes. Ltd. ed. New York: Dracula Press, 1988.