East Baton Rouge Parish Library

The vampire book, the encyclopedia of the undead, J. Gordon Melton

eng

This book explores the historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

The vampire book

encyclopediasbibliographydictionaries

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J. Gordon Melton

the encyclopedia of the undead

Foreword to Third Edition by Martin V. Riccardo -- Introduction / J. Gordon Melton -- Acknowledgments -- Vampires: A Chronology -- Preface: What Is a Vampire? / J. Gordon Melton -- A -- Ackerman, Forrest James -- Aconite -- The Addams Family -- Africa, Vampires in -- African American Vampires -- Allatius, Leo -- Alnwick Castle, The Vampire of -- Aluka -- America, Vampires in -- Anemia -- Angel -- Animals -- Appearance of a Vampire -- Armand -- Armenia, Vampires in -- Ashley, Amanda -- Atlanta Vampire Alliance -- Australia, Vampires in -- B -- Babylon and Assyria, Vampires in Ancient -- Baker, Roy Ward -- Balderston, John L -- Baltic States, Vampires in the -- Bangs, Nina -- Banks, L. A -- Bara, Theda -- Baron Blood -- Bathory, Elizabeth -- Batman -- Bats, Vampire -- Bava, Mario -- Belanger, Michelle -- Bergstrom, Elaine -- Berwick, The Vampire of -- Bibliography, Vampire -- Bistritz -- Blacula -- Blade the Vampire Slayer -- Blood -- Bloodrayne -- Borgo Pass -- Borland, Caroll -- Bouchard, Angélique -- Boucicault, Dion -- The Bram Stoker Society -- Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Brides, Vampire -- Brite, Poppy Z -- Browning, Tod -- Bruja -- Bruxa -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie) -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (television series) -- Bulgaria, Vampires in -- Bullet -- Bunnicula -- Burton, Richard Francis -- Byron, Lord George Gordon -- C -- Calmet, Dom Augustin -- The Camarilla: A Vampire Fan Association -- Carfax -- Carmilla -- Carradine, John -- Carter, Margaret Louise -- Cast, P. C. & Kristin -- Castle Dracula -- Chaney, Alonso "Lon" -- Chaos! Comics -- Characteristics of Vampires -- Charnas, Suzy McKee -- Chase, Cordelia -- Chetwynd-Hayes, Ronald Henry Glynn -- China, Vampires in -- Christianity and Vampires -- Chupacabras -- Coffins -- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor -- Collins, Barnabas -- Collins, Nancy A -- Collinsport Players -- Comic Books, The Vampire in -- Cooke, Thomas Potter -- Coppola, Francis Ford -- Corman, Roger William -- Count Dracula -- Count von Count -- Crime, Vampiric -- Croglin Grange, The Vampire of -- Crucifix -- Cruise, Tom -- Cullen, Edward -- Cult of the Vampire -- Cuntius, Johannes -- Curtis, Dan -- Cushing, Peter -- Czech Republic and Slovakia, Vampires in the --D -- Daniels, Leslie Noel, III -- Dark Delicacies -- Dark Shadows -- Dark Shadows Fandom -- Davanzati, Giuseppe -- de Lioncourt, Lestat -- de Villenueva, Sebastian -- Deane, Hamilton -- Decapitation -- The Desert Island Dracula Library -- Destroying the Vampire -- Dhampir -- Dracula -- Dracula (1931) -- Dracula (Spanish, 1931) -- Dracula (1973) -- Dracula (1979) -- Dracula (Dell Comics Superhero) -- Dracula (Marvel Comics Character) -- Dracula '97: A Centennial Celebration -- Dracula; or, The Undead -- The Dracula Society (UK) -- Dracula - The Series -- Dracula: The Vampire Play in Three Acts -- Drama, Vampire -- Dreyer, Carl Theodor -- Duckula, Count -- Dumas, Alexandre -- Dust -- E -- El Conde Dracula -- Elliott, Denholm Mitchell -- Elrod, P. N -- Elvira -- Estries -- Eucharistic Wafer -- Ewers, Hanns Heinz -- Explanations of Vampirism -- F -- Fangs -- Feehan, Christine -- Fingernails -- Fire -- Fisher, Terence -- Florescu, Radu R -- Flying Vampires -- Forever Knight -- Forever Knight Fandom -- Fortune, Dion -- France, Vampires in -- Frankenstein's Monster -- Frid, Jonathan -- Frost, Deacon -- G -- Games, Vampire -- Garden, Nancy -- Garlic -- Garton, Ray -- Gautier, Théophile -- Germany, Vampires in -- Ghouls -- Giles, Rupert -- Glut, Donald Frank -- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von -- Good Guy Vampires -- Gothic -- Greece, Vampires in -- Greenberg, Martin H -- Gypsies, Vampires and the -- H -- Haarmann, Fritz -- Haigh, John George -- Haining, Peter Alexander -- Hamilton, Laurell K -- Hammer Films -- Harker, Jonathan -- Harris, Charlaine -- Harris, Xander -- Harrison, Kim -- Hartmann, Franz -- Hawthorn -- The Highgate Vampire -- Holder, Nancy -- Holmes, Sherlock -- Holmwood, Arthur -- Homosexuality and the Vampire -- The Horror of Dracula -- Hour of the Wolf -- Huff, Tanya -- Humor, Vampire -- Hungary, Vampires in -- Huntley, Raymond -- Hurwood, Bernhardt J -- Hypnotic Powers? --I -- I ... Vampire -- Incubus/Succubus -- India, Vampires in -- International Vampire -- Internet, Vampires on the -- Interview with the Vampire -- Ireland, Vampires in -- Italy, Vampires in -- Ivan the Terrible -- J -- Jacula -- Japan, Vampires in -- Java, Vampires in -- Jourdan, Louis -- Journal of Vampirology -- Juvenile Literature -- K -- Kali -- Kalogridis, Jeanne -- Keats, John -- Kenyon, Sherrilyn -- Kilpatrick, Nancy -- Kindred: The Embraced -- King, Stephen -- Kürten, Peter -- L -- LaCroix, Lucien -- Langella, Frank -- Langsuyar -- Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan -- Leatherdale, Clive -- Lee, Christopher -- Lee, Tanith -- Lesbian Vampires -- Lilith -- Lilith, the Daughter of Dracula -- Lindpainter, Peter Josef von -- Lobishomen -- London after Midnight -- London, Dracula's -- Loogaroo -- The Lord Ruthven Assembly -- Lory, Robert Edward -- Lugosi, Bela -- Lumley, Brian -- M -- Malaysia, Vampires in -- Man-Bat -- The Manor of the Devil -- Marryat, Florence -- Marschner, Heinrich August -- Marshall, William B -- Matheson, Richard -- McNally, Raymond T -- Melrose Abbey, the Vampire of -- Mexico, Vampires in -- Meyer, Stephenie -- Midnight Sons -- Miller, Elizabeth Anne -- Miller, Linda Lael -- Mirrors -- Mist -- Miyu, Vampire Princess -- Moon -- Morbius -- Morris, Quincey P -- Moss, Stephanie -- Mountain Ash -- The Munsters -- Murray (Harker), Mina -- Music, Vampire -- Myanmar, Vampires in -- N -- Name, The Vampire's -- Native Soil -- Near Dark -- Necromancy -- New Orleans -- Newman, Kim -- The Night Stalker -- Niles, Steve -- Nodier, Jean Charles Emmanuel -- Nosferatu -- Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens -- O -- Oldman, Gary -- Opera -- Order of the Vampyre -- Order Strigoi Vii -- Origins of the Vampire -- Orlock, Graf -- P -- Palance, Jack -- Paraphernalia, Vampire -- Parry, Michael -- Paul (Paole), ArnoldPerfume -- Philippe, Monsieur -- Philippines, Vampires in the -- Piérart, Z. J -- Pike, Christopher -- Pitt, Ingrid -- Planché, James Robinson -- Plogojowitz, Peter -- Poe, Edgar Allan -- Poetry, The Vampire in -- Poland, Vampires in -- Polidori, John -- Political/Economic Vampires -- Pontianak -- Porphyria -- Pozzessere, Heather Graham -- Preacher -- Protection against Vampires -- Psychological Perspectives on Vampire Mythology -- Pulp Magazines, Vampires in the -- Q -- The Queen of the Damned -- Ramsland, Katherine -- Redcaps -- Renfield, R. N -- Riccardo, Martin V -- Rice, Anne -- Rollin, Jean -- Romance Literature, Vampires in -- Romania, Vampires in -- Rome, Vampires in Ancient -- Ross, William Edward Daniel -- Russia, Vampires in -- Ruthven, Lord -- Rymer, James Malcolm -- S -- Saberhagen, Frederick Thomas -- St. George's Day -- St. Germain -- Sands, Lynsay -- Sangster, Jimmy -- Santo -- Satan -- Scandinavia, Vampires in -- Schiefelbein, Michael -- Scholomance -- Schreck, Max -- Science Fiction and the Vampire -- Seeds -- Selene -- Seward, John -- Sexuality and the Vampire -- Shan, Darren -- Shepard, Leslie Alan -- Sighisoara -- Silver -- Skal, David J -- Skin, a Vampire's -- Slavs, Vampires and the -- Slayage -- Sleep, Vampire -- Smith, Lisa Jane -- Somtow, S. P -- South America, Vampires in -- Southern Slavs, Vampires and the -- Southey, Robert -- Spain, Vampires in -- Spider -- Spike -- Stake -- Steele, Barbara -- Stoker, Abraham "Bram" -- Strength, Physical -- Suicide -- Sukuyan -- Summers, Buffy -- Summers, Montague -- Sunlight -- Swan, Bela -- Szekelys --T -- Talamasca -- Talamaur -- Tehran Vampire -- Television, Vampires on -- Temple of the Vampire -- Thailand, Vampires in -- Tibet, Vampires in -- Tirgoviste -- The Tomb of Dracula -- Trading Cards, The Vampire on -- Transformation -- Transylvania -- Transylvanian Society of Dracula -- Tremayne, Peter -- TWILIGHT -- Twilight (Movie) -- The Twilight Saga: New Moon -- The Twilight Series -- U -- Underworld -- United Kingdom, Vampires in the -- Universal Pictures -- Vadim, Roger -- Vambéry, Arminius -- The Vamp -- Vampira -- The Vampire (Real Vampires) -- Vampire Cult -- Vampire Empire -- Vampire Fandom: United Kingdom -- Vampire Fandom: United States -- Vampire Hunters -- The Vampire Rapist -- Vampire Research Center -- Vampire Research Society -- Vampire: The Eternal Struggle -- Vampire: The Masquerade -- Vampirella -- Vamperotica -- Vampyr -- Van Helsing, Abraham -- Van Sloan, Edward -- Varma, Devendra Prasad -- Varney the Vampyre -- Victims -- Visegrád -- Vision -- Vjesci -- Vlad -- Vlad Dracul -- Voices of the Vampire Community -- W -- Ward, J. R -- Water -- Weather -- Werewolves and Vampires -- Westenra, Lucy -- Whitby -- William of Newburgh -- Wine -- Witchcraft and Vampires -- Wolf, Leonard -- Wolfman, Marv -- Women as Vampires -- X, Y, Z -- X-Files -- Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn -- Yorga, Count -- Youngson, Jeanne Keyes -- Zombies