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Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori 's The Vampyre (1819), inspired by a story told to him by Lord Byron .
This is a list of vampires found in literary fiction; film and television; comics and manga; video games and board games; musical theatre, opera and theatre; and originating in folklore or mythology. It does not include the concept of dhampirs .
The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive.
The frame device of The Vampire Lestat continues in The Queen of the Damned, but this third volume of the series marks a major leap forward: here, Rice’s detailed vampire mythos comes into view ...
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu.It is one of the earliest works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. . First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [1] [2] the story is narrated by a young woman who is preyed upon by a female vampire named "Carmil
Dracula may be the most famous work of vampire fiction, but there's plenty of exciting new releases and classics to sink your teeth into. Dracula may be the most famous work of vampire fiction ...
Vampires: The World of the Undead (US title: Vampires: Restless Creatures of the Night; French: Sang pour sang, le réveil des vampires, lit. 'Blood for Blood: The Reawakening of the Vampires') is a 1993 illustrated monograph on cultural history of vampires and vampire folklore and literature.
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