Basil Copper - The Vampire: In Legend, Fact & Art

Basil Copper - The Vampire: In Legend, Fact & Art (Robert Hale, 1973: 1990)



Acknowledgement
Foreword

In Legend

Justice at The Crossroads
It Will Have Blood
The Growth Of The Legend
The Vampire Of Meduegna
Bats, Moths And Cats
Augustus Hare's Vampire

In Literature

Polidori Sets A Trend
Prest's Varney
Bram Stoker's Immortal Creation
Enter Count Dracula
The Dead Travel Fast - Themes In The Short Story
The Theme To Date
Dr. Porthos

In Film And Theatre

Dracula On Stage
Nosferatu: F. W. Murnau And German 'Decadence'
'Children Of The Night: Listen To Them Howl!'
Terror In The Mist: Carl Dreyer's Vampyr
Dracula Lives Again

In Fact

Medical Vampirism
Fritz Haarman: Horror In Hanover
Sergeant Bertrand: The Phantom Of Montparnasse
The Crawley Crimes: John George Haigh
Vampire Or Victim? Haigh And The Brand Of Satan
Nights In H*gh*ate Cem*tery

Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index

In the acknowledgements Basil is very gracious to Peter Haining for his help in researching : In Legend, Fact & Art, but I can't help thinking he must have upset the great man in some way as the section on the vampire in literature is riddled with outrageous howlers! Having said that, I first read this in the eighties via the library and it started me on a vampire kick which lasted til late in the following decade. The Dead Travel Fast - Themes In The Short Story came in handy. I listed all the stories he mentions in longhand and set about obtaining copies of as many as I could. Prior to Vampire..., I'd never read a smidgen of Varney, and Le Fanu was a name vaguely remembered from The Vampire Lovers - I probably thought he was the director.

There's a Werewolf equivalent too, maybe not quite as bonkers, which I'll maybe type up later.