Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television

J. Gordon Melton is the distinguished professor of American religious history at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. He is also an accomplished scholar of vampire and Dracula studies and the author of multiple books. He lives in Woodway, Texas. Alysa Hornick has maintained Whedonology: An Academic Whedon Studies Bibliography since 2005. She lives and works in New York City.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction by J. Gordon MeltonVampire Studies: A Brief OverviewA Vampire Timeline, with Special Reference to Literature, Stage Drama, Cinema and Television, 1800–2013I—Vampires and Vampirism: General SourcesBibliographies, Libraries and BookloreEncyclopedias, Dictionaries and Biographical GuidesBooks, Monographs and ArticlesII—Folklore and HistoryFolklore and MythologyHistorical PerspectiveVlad TepesElizabeth BathoryVampire SlayersIII—LiteratureVampire Literature Before Dracula Lord Byron, William Polidori and “The Vampyre”Sheridan Le Fanu and “Carmilla”Bram Stoker and Dracula, the NovelVampire Literature Since Dracula Sherlock Holmes’ Vampire EncountersThe Vampire Chronicles of Anne RiceStephen King’s VampiresIV—Vampires on Stage and ScreenStage DramaCinematic Vampires: GeneralCinematic Vampires: The Silent EraCinematic Vampires: The Universal EraCinematic Vampires : World War IICinematic Vampires: Hammer MoviesCinematic Vampires: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula Cinematic Vampires: The Twilight SagaCinematic Vampires from AsiaV—Vampires on TelevisionGeneral SourcesDark ShadowsBuffy the Vampire Slayer/AngelTrue BloodVI—Vampires in Music andMusicArtGraphic Arts, Comic BooksVII—The Metaphorical VampireVampires as Social Science MetaphorsPsychological Perspectives on VampirismMedical Treatments of VampirismVampires, Religion and TheologyVampires and the LawVampirism, Crime and CriminologyVampire Animals and PlantsVIII—The Contemporary Vampire SubcultureThe Contemporary VampireCookbooks and CuisineIX—JuveniliaChildren’s BooksPseudo-DocumentariesAppendix A: Top Grossing Vampire MoviesAppendix B: Vampire Series on TelevisionAppendix C: Buffy the Vampire Slayer ConferencesIndex

“very thorough…excellent”—ARBA; “Melton and Hornick put together a volume that will spare future vampire enthusiasts and scholars who are studying this mythical figure and its sociocultural background a long research session at the library. Their comprehensive bibliography features more than six thousand entries of English-language secondary sources of the vampire myth as it has been portrayed in print and visual media from 1800 to 2013. A major auxiliary research source for the newly formed discipline of vampire studies and for the fields of English, comparative literature, film studies, cultural and ethnic area studies and folklore”—H-Net Reviews; “lists some 6,000 books and articles…a checklist for collectors and libraries”—Communications Booknotes Quarterly.