"A comprehensive survey of all things vampiric, this massive volume belongs on the shelf of every Goth you know, including fans of Bitten, Buffy, True Blood, Twilight, Ann Rice’s Lestat books, and Dracula himself." Toronto Globe and Mail Gordon Melton's impressive resumé lends credence to a tome of vampires that is both scholarly and exciting." FATE Magazine (December 1, 2010) "The best assembled and most complete compendium of all things vampire. Sure to be popular with readers whose interest in vampires has been sparked by the current trend." Booklist "Written by religious scholar and fearless vampire authority Melton, this updated edition is a thorough guide for all things relating to vampires. This remarkable amalgam of the popular and the scholarly is highly recommended." Choice Readers who really want something to sink their teeth into will find this indispensable." Publishers Weekly (February 28, 2011) "The third edition of this comprehensive encyclopedia of vampires and vampire lore is exhaustive. From Transylvania to plague-infested Europe to Nostradamus and from modern literature to movies and TV series, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays to quench your thirst for facts, biographies, definitions, and more.
Gordon Melton (president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula) bites even deeper into vampire lore, myths, reported realities, and legends that come from all around the world. In the first fully revised and updated edition in a decade, Dr. This vast reference is an alphabetical tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the soul-sucking undead. The historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject. The allure of the vampire is eternal, and The Vampire Book explores it all. Digging deep into the lore, myths, pop culture, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead exposes everything about the blood thirsty predator.ĭeath and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and temptation. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead.
The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fictionįrom Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J.
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