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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	GR830.V3 B47 2008		AVAILABLE

Author	Beresford, Matthew.
Title	From demons to Dracula : the creation of the modern vampire myth / Matthew Beresford.
OCLC	225876018
ISBN	9781861894038 (pbk.)
	1861894031 (pbk.)
Publisher	London : Reaktion, 2008.
Description	240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Vampires.
	Vampires in literature.
Other Genre heading/s	Vampire films.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-227) and index.
	Includes web resources.
Contents	The ancient world: origins of the vampire -- The vampire in prehistory: early ideas on death and burial -- Historical roots: the vampire in the Middle Ages -- Vampiric haunts #1: Transylvania, Romania -- The historical Dracula: Vlad III Tepes -- From myth to reality: the vampire of folklore -- A friend is born: the vampire in literature -- Vampiric haunts #2: Whitby, North Yorkshire, England -- Phantasmagoria: the modern vampire -- Vampiric haunts #3: Highgate cemetery, London, England -- Conclusion: a dark reflection of human society?

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