Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend and Popular Culture

ABC‐Clio's Encyclopedia of the Vampire presents the well‐trod lore of the living dead who rise at sundown seeking human blood. Vampires are found in the lore and culture of many civilizations. In the western world, since the publication of Irishman Bram Stoker's Dracula, it seems as though each generation has had its own vampire present in its popular culture.

Edited by S.T. Joshi, each contribution in the Encyclopedia of the Vampire is a signed article. The contributors to this work are all experts in their field, writers, editors, and professors in literature or cinema. In fact, the work seems...