ISBN:
9781138057678
,
9781138057654
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 136 pages
Series Statement:
The psychology of everything
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cohen, David, 1946- author Psychology of vampires
DDC:
398/.45
Keywords:
Polidori, John William
;
Demonology
;
Psychology
;
Vampires
;
Vampir
;
Psychologie
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Aperitif - the vampires' favourite ice cream -- Poor Polidori and the human jam -- The early history of vampires -- Dracula on the couch -- The doctor who wanted to be something different -- The vampire develops and the poet flees from the bailiffs -- Dip the pen in blood -- Theology, child abuse - and the vampire 'syndrome' -- The first proper story -- Sucking out energy - the passive aggressive personality -- In print -- Vampires on the ward -- A modern Oedipus, bloodletting and three more deaths -- Polidori's cultural legacy
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