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Gothic
Vampires, horror & the macabre
11 entries · 2 sections
Gothic refers to a Romantic literary style which can include supernatural aspects, particularly vampires. This is because many of these stories are set in locales with Gothic architecture. This page includes significant non-fiction and fiction books about vampires and related subjects.
The Vampire, his Kith and KinMontague Summers, 1928 — Summers, a devout and very literal Catholic, was apparently convinced of the reality of the undead.The Book of Were-WolvesSabine Baring-Gould, 1865 — All killer, some filler.FrankensteinMary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1831 — It's alive!The VampyreJohn Polidori, 1819 — This short proto-gothic novel caused a sensation at the time, and spawned a vampire craze.DraculaBram Stoker, 1897 — Dracula, not Ruthven, is the template for the modern vampire craze.Lair of the White WormBram Stoker, 1911 — An erotic thriller of demonic possession, this time by a giant invertebrate.Vikram and The VampireRichard R. Burton, 1870 — The Vampire Scheherazade.