# Vampyres

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- Authors: [Christopher Frayling](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-frayling)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2016-09-22

## Description

Vampyres is a comprehensive illustrated history of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. Frayling recounts the most significant moments in Gothic history, while extracts from a huge range of sources – including Bram Stoker’s detailed research notes for Dracula, penny-dreadfuls and Angela Carter’s The Lady of the House of Love, are contextualized and analysed. This revised and expanded edition brings Vampyres up to date with 21st-century vampire literature, including new text extracts, commentary and a revised introduction. Christopher Frayling also explores the development of the vampire in the visual arts, with illustrations ranging from 17th-century prints to 21st-century film stills, demonstrating the enduring appeal of the vampire from popular press to fine art and, finally, to film.

## Editions

### Vampyres

- Publisher: thames_and_hudson
- ISBN: 978-05-0025-221-5
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2016-09-22
- Language: en_GB