The Vampire: A New History

by Nick Groom

Book Overview

An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene

Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori's publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom's detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, when Enlightenment science collided with Eastern European folklore and apparently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300232233
• ISBN13: 9780300232233
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"