The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend - Paperback

by Barbara Brodman (Editor), James E. Doan (Editor)

This book presents the vampire as a truly international phenomenon, not restricted to the original folk character, the literary vampire (such as Dracula), or 20^th and 21st-century film versions. Instead, we find examples of vampires from literally around the world: each culture and age reshaping the legend in its own image and even seeking psychological and scientific explanations to explain the phenomenon.

Author Biography

Barbara Brodman is professor of humanities at Nova Southeastern University. She has published a variety of scholarly works that deal with international arts and affairs. James E. Doan is professor of humanities at Nova Southeastern University, where he teaches courses in literature, the arts, folklore and mythology, including a course on the vampire that he has taught for twenty years.