Dracula FAQ : all that's left to know about the count from Transylvania

Dracula FAQ : all that's left to know about the count from Transylvania / Bruce Scivally.

Dracula FAQ unearths little-known facts about both the historical and literary Dracula. The 15th-century warlord Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula (son of the Dragon), became a legendary figure in his native Wallachia. Four hundred years later, Irish author Bram Stoker appropriated Dra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scivally, Bruce (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat Books, 2015.
Series:FAQ series (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm))
Subjects:
Dracula, > Count (Fictitious character) > Miscellanea.
Dracula, > Count (Fictitious character)
Vampires in mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Vampires in mass media
Trivia and miscellanea
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. He, Who Commanded Nations: Bad Vlad, Dangerous to Know; 2. Dead and Undead: Vampire Myths Through the Ages; 3. Precursors of Dracula: Victorian Vampires; 4. Un-Dead on Arrival: Bram Stoker and Dracula; 5. The Curtain Rises: Dracula on Stage; 6. Music of the Night: Vampire Musicals; 7. Symphonies of Horror: Vampires in the Fine Arts; 8. Silent Screams: Nosferatu; 9. "I Am ... Dracula": Bela Lugosi, Vampiric Valentino; 10. Bogeymen in Black and White: The Universal Draculas; 11. Hammer Time! Christopher Lee
  • 12. The Byronic Bloodsucker: Frank Langella13. A Feast of Blood: Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula; 14. Vamping for Laughs: Dracula Comedies; 15. The Dead, the Bad, and the Ugly: Other Dracula Movies; 16. Bad-Ass Bloodsuckers: Blacula and Blade; 17. Louis and Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles; 18. A Bright, Shining Success: The Twilight Saga; 19. From Beyond the Grave: Vampire Cinema Through the Decades; 20. At Home with the Count: Dracula on Television; 21. Death in the Afternoon: Dark Shadows; 22. Blood on the Tube: Dracula Telefilms; 23. Vamping for Ratings: Small Screen Terrors
  • 24. Video Vixens: Vampira Versus Elvira25. License to Chill: Vampire Merchandising; 26. Blood Read: Dracula in the Comics; 27. Out of the Casket: Goth and Vampire Culture; 28. What Music They Make: Songs About Dracula and Other Vampires; 29. There Are Such Things: Real-Life Vampires; 30. For Your Mother's Sake: Protection from Vampires; 31. Enter Freely and of Your Own Will: Vampire Societies; Selected Bibliography

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