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Three Vampire Tales: Dracula, Carmilla, and The Vampyre » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, John Polidori, Anne Williams (Editor), Alan Richardson
ISBN-13: 9780618084906, ISBN-10: 0618084908
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Bram Stoker

Alan J. Richardson is professor and chair of the accounting area at the Schulich School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. from Queen's University and is an FCGA and Life Member of the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario. He was the founding editor of "Canadian Accounting Perspectives" and currently sits on the editorial boards of ten academic journals. His research focuses on the regulation of audit practice rights. He has published in "Accounting Organizations and Society", "Contemporary Accounting Research", "Journal of Accounting Research", and "Accounting Historians Journal", among others

Book Synopsis

Three classic works of vampire literature come together for the first time in one volume. Complementing the complete texts are background essays as well as additional selections by the three authors and others. Because the vampire novel has proven so influential in film, an extensive filmography is included.

Table of Contents

About This Series
Introduction1
A Note on the Texts13
Pt. 1The Vampire Comes to England15
A Vampire Curse from "The Giaour"17
"Fragment of a Novel"18
"Events at the Villa Diodati, July, 1816" from the Introduction to The Vampyre23
Christabel25
The Grave Robbers Get a Surprise from Varney the Vampire, or the Feast of Blood39
"The Genesis of Dracula"42
Stoker's Research47
"Dracula Sightings" from Dracula: Sense and Nonsense51
"Dracula's Guest"57
Pt. 2Three Vampire Tales67
The Vampyre: A Tale68
Carmilla86
Dracula149
John Polidori Chronology461
Sheridan Le Fanu Chronology462
Bram Stoker Chronology464
Vampire Filmography466
Works Cited475
For Further Reading477

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