Good Books have Bite: The Vampire in Stories and Poems

Feb 14, Vintage (Old) Vampire Literature (Stories)

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:31:46 GMT

Vintage (old) Vampire literature (Stories) existed before Bram Stoker's genre setting Dracula, The gateway to the stories is here.

Feb 8, Good Books have Bite: The Vampire in Stories and Poems

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:42 GMT

Good books have bite. The vampire in the stories and poems feature characters that crave crawling out of their coffins and into your hands.

Jan 24, Great Vampire Essays: Making the B Grade

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:29:59 GMT

How does one earn a great grade on a vampire essay? How does one earn a B? This will tell you...

Jan 24, Great Vampire Essays: Making the C Grade

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:50:04 GMT

What does an average C vampire paper look like? How can you improve it? Help here!

Jan 24, Great Vampire Essays: Making the Grade

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:48:25 GMT

Break the hidden code that makes one student paper an A instead of a B, C or D. Codes broken here! Write great vampire essays.

Jan 24, Grade "A" Vampire Essays: Making the Grade

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:45:10 GMT

Grade A vampire essays are within every students reach. And this series will break the hidden grading codes.

Dec 19, Vampires: Santa’s Naughty List

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:39:20 GMT

Look, up there. It is Santa.- And together they heard, faintly on the air, - Merry Christmas to all, and to Vampires, good night. -

Dec 3, Sweet Goth Blog

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:06:15 GMT

Vampire related articles don't always want to be large enough/long enough for a full webpage. Some are best covered in blog. This connects the two...

Dec 3, A Blood Myth for our Time: ‘The Chancellor’ by Phil McNulty a Vampire Poem

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:31:20 GMT

The vampire poem, "A Blood Myth for our Time: ‘The Chancellor’," by Phil McNulty, offers an indictment of our times, examining the cult of the vampire, vampire economics & the ruling elite..

Dec 3, Original Varney the Vampyre: The Feast of Blood

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:08:13 GMT

Varney the Vampyre was the first serial vampire story ever produced. It was written for the popular audience, and still receives disdain from ivory-tower academics.

Nov 30, The Vampire's Christmas by Leslie Ormandy

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:58:37 GMT

In "The Vampire's Christmas" two vampires discover that Santa has special gifts for them at his North Pole compound; they also discover that elfs taste good.

Sep 12, Visually Vampire: Ten Must See Vampire Movies

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:12:25 GMT

Visually Vampire: Ten must see vampire movies is a list featuring those films and series I use in my College vampire classes. These range from Nosferatu to Dark Shadows, Dracula to True Blood.

Sep 12, Supernatural Study Guides

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:29:19 GMT

A Supernatural Study Guide can shine a light on the sometimes scary landscape filled with vampires, werewolves, and ghosts (oh my). We have collected some suggestions into one location.

Sep 11, The Supernatural Bookstore

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:59:42 GMT

The Supernatural Bookstore suggests the best in paranormal romance and supernatural horror.

Sep 6, Vampires and Book Reports

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

When Writing a book report about a book, or poem featuring vampire characters, don't throw out the traditional tools, just add the vampire to the exisitng mix.

Sep 6, Plots and the Vampire Story or Essay

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Writing plots for vampire stories or poems is just the flip side of writing essays about vampire stories or poems.Here are a few things to keep in mind to be successful at it.

Sep 6, Vampire Themes

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Vampire themes underlie all action in a vampire story, poem, film, song, or picture. Themes are inevitable and recognizing their uses will add to your reading, and your ability to analyze them.

Sep 6, The Seductive Lesbian Vampire "Carmilla"

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

The seductive lesbian vampire "Carmilla" written by Sheridan Le Fenu provides some scenes that Victorians would have found quite suggestive.

Sep 6, Vampire as Bloodsucking Metaphor

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

The vampire has been used as a metaphor for respectable people such as landlords and bankers almost since the inception of the character.

Sep 6, Characteristics of Vampires in Teenage and Children Books

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

What happens in a young-adult novel or child's picture book when a vampire wanders into the mix? How does the chararcterisics of the vampire bend to fit this new, young, audience?

Sep 6, "The Vampyre" by James Maxwell 1845

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

"The vampyre" by James Maxwell (1845) recieved mention in Summers Vampires: His Kith and Kin. It features the idea that a woman scorned will come back from the grave to suck the life (blood)

Sep 6, "The Vampire" by James Maxwell (1845) Modern Language

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

James Maxwell's "The Vampire" from 1845 is an exellent early poem, but it needed modernization. This is the modern version.

Sep 6, "Metamorphosis of the Vampire" by Charles Baudelair; Translated by Symons

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

This is a variant version of Baudelaire's "Metamorphosis of the Vampire" translated by Authur Symons. It is much rawer than the other versions.

Sep 6, "The Vampire" by Charles Baudelaire, Translated by Arthur Symons

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Charles Baudelaire's "The Vampire" (1857) tranlated by Arthur Symons, features a "fool" who is so enamoured of the vampire that he would gladly bring him/her back from his/her grave.

Sep 6, Female Vampire From the Feminist Viewpoint

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Feminism and the Female Vampire: Female vampires can be written and interpreted from several directions, with the female displayed as victim, as victimizer, or somewhere in between. It is fun to play

Sep 6, The Eucharist: Blood and Vampires

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

The Christian Eucharist element of Blood is integral to any understanding of its role in vampire literature.

Sep 6, Church and the Vampire

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

What is the power within the Church that repels the vampire from entry? What does the phycial entity of the building symboloize?

Sep 6, Vampires and Salvation

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

The salavation for the vampire comes from a human's blood, whereas for the Christian, it comes through one source only.

Sep 6, The Eternal Vampire

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Vampires live forever, but are they eternal in the same way the term is used in Christianity?

Sep 6, Vampires Cross Thresholds

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Do vampires have to be invited into the house or can they freely cross the threshold? Why do they need invitations?

Sep 6, Modernized Varney the Vampire: Part 2

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

The modernized language of the classic vampire story Varney the Vampyre aids the reader in following the continuing romance of Flora and her vampire suitor.

Sep 6, Discussion Questions for Cirque Du Freak YA Vampire Novel

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Discussion questions for Cirque du Freak may help you to direct students into a deeper reading of this Young Adult vampire novel.

Sep 6, Religion and Vampires

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Religion and Vampires, oh my. What exactly is it about Holy items that make Vampires turn away? Symbols have power even over the dead.

Sep 6, The Spider Queen's Guide to the Halloween Party of your Nightmares

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

The Spider Queen's Guide to the Halloween Party of your Nightmare will steer you through the essential steps of giving a child's party, providing game options to make the children howl for more.

Sep 6, Confessions of a Vampire-Book Slut

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Who better than a self-confessed vampire-book slut to guide you to the most titillating vampire-books for bedtime pleasure?

Sep 6, Euthanasia And Dracula

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Euthanasia and Dracula, and other vampires of course, are as closely interrelated as vampires and souls, or vampires and staking. What is euthanasia except the freeing of souls trapped in a dying body

Sep 6, Dracula and Disease in the Victorian Period

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT

Bram Stoker’s Dracula presents an interesting perspective on illness and death in the Victorian period. However, it is also useful to view Stoker’s work in light of Victorian understanding of diseases

Sep 6, Almost Human April Vampire Story

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Genetically engineered vampire slayers share some DNA with their prey, but make the best hunters; they are faster, stronger, smarter than mere humans.

Sep 6, Saint Patrick's Vampire Short Story

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Green beer and vampires get together for this Saint Patrick's vampire short story by Leslie Ormandy. Imagine spending eternity drinking blood when all you want is green beer.

Sep 6, Vampire and Souls

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Do vampires have souls? Must they lose their souls to become vampires?

Sep 6, Lost Vampire Novella: "The Mysterious Stranger." A Summary

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
This classic vampire novella has been only recently made available in electronic format, This is a summary of the story.

Sep 6, Vampire Story Notes "Wake Not the Dead"

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Study notes for the early vampire story "Wake Not the Dead," by Johann Ludwig Teick

Sep 6, Vampire Story-Johann Ludwig Tieck-"Wake Not the

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Vampire story of the mistake of enduring love, and calling

Sep 6, The Female Vampire: La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
The female vampire in John Keat's 1820 poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is another poem celebrating the predatory sexual nature of the woman.

Sep 6, Rudyard Kipling's "The Vampire"

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Kipling's "The Vampire" is a wonderful addition to the vampire genre. It features a female vampire seductress who is simply interested in her food source as food source.

Sep 6, Polidori's Story of "The Vampyre"

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Polidori's novella "The Vampyre" grabbed the attention of the gothic horror loving British audience. Especially since it was first attributed to Lord Byron.

Sep 6, The Vampire Poem "Thalaba the Destroyer"

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
The 1801 vampire poem by Robert Southey was one of the first truly popular in England. In it, we see the heartlessness of the vampire in his choice of his first vicims.

Sep 6, Children as Vampire, Children as Victim

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
The history of vampirism written in stories and poems is filled with children victims, and then with the, post-turn, children vampires.

Sep 6, Vampires in Songs About Vamps

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
Vampires in song differ slightly from vampires in literature. They are usually addressed more in metaphorical meaning than in a direct line.

Sep 6, Getting More From the Literature You Read

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:48 GMT
All too often when reading vampire stories and novels, the reader just relaxes and lets the story wash over them. But they can get so much more for their effort if they take a more active role.