Readings

[VS] Ryan, Alan, ed. Penguin Book of Vampire Stories. Penguin, 1989. ISBN: 9780140124453.

[D] Stoker, Bram. Dracula (Norton Critical Edition). Edited by Nina Auerbach and David Skal. W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. ISBN: 9780393970128.

Ses #	Readings
1	No assigned readings
2	Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula. Faber & Faber, 1992. ISBN: 9780571167920. Frayling Reading Guide. Leatherdale, Clive. Dracula: The Novel and the Legend: A Study of Bram Stoker’s Gothic Masterpiece. Aquarian Press, 1985. ISBN: 9780850303834. Leatherdale Reading Guide. Rondina, Christopher. Vampires of New England. On Cape Publications, 2007. ISBN: 9780978576646. Rondina Reading Guide. McClelland, Bruce. Slayers and their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead. University of Michigan Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780472069231. McClelland Reading Guide. Taylor, Aaron. “It Is the Eve of St. George’s Day.” Logismoi, 2009. Calmet, Augustin. The Phantom World; or, The Philosophy of Spirits, Apparations, &c. &c. Edited by Henry Christmas. Project Gutenberg, 2008.
3	Lord Byron. “Fragment of a Novel.” In [VS] pp. 1–6. Tieck, Johann Ludwig. Wake Not the Dead. Dodo Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781406539295.
4	Polidori, John. “The Vampyre.” In [VS] pp. 7–24.
5	Rymer, James Malcom. Varney the Vampire (excerpt). In [VS] pp. 25–35. Rymer, James Malcom. Varney the Vampire (additional chapters IV, V, and XL). Project Gutenberg, 2005. “The Mysterious Stranger.” In [VS] pp. 36–70.
6	Le Fanu, J. Sheridan. Carmilla. CreateSpace, 2008. Ch. 1–10. ISBN: 9781441436313.
7	Le Fanu, J. Sheridan. Carmilla. CreateSpace, 2008. Ch. 11–16. ISBN: 9781441436313.
8	[D] pp. 1–327.
9	[D] pp. 1–327 (continued).
10	“Preface” and “Contents” in [D].
11	No readings assigned.
12	No readings assigned.

Supplemental Readings

Topic	Readings
Dracula	Dracula Reading Guide Outline of Freud’s basic ideas which will be useful when we come to the reception of Dracula. McLeod, Saul. “What Are the Most Interesting Ideas of Sigmund Freud?” Simply Psychology, 2018. The best overall account of Freud, sober and well informed, and dealing with every aspect of his life and theories is to be found on The Victorian Web. “Sigmund Freud.” The Victorian Web, 2016. Browning, John Edgar. Bram Stoker’s Dracula: The Critical Feast, An Annotated Reference of Early Reviews & Reactions, 1897–1913. Apocryphile Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781937002213.
The Vampire Trope: The Larger Picture	The fullest and most up-to-date account I know of the investigation of vampire phenomena in early eighteenth century Austro-Hungary, and how such ideas were diffused amongst the intelligentsia in the West. Bräunlein, Peter J. “The Frightening Borderlands of Enlightenment: The Vampire Problem.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43, no. 3 (2012): 710–719. Psychoanalytical schools have been much interested in vampires; here is a summary of what the followers of Freud and Jung have made of the phenomenon. “Psychological Perspectives on Vampire Mythology.” The Vampire Book, 2nd ed. Visible Ink Press, 2011. Article from the Scientific American. Johnson, Eric Michael. “A Natural History of Vampires.” Scientific American, 2011. Hallab, Mary. Vampire God: The Allure of the Undead in Western Culture. State University of New York Press, 2009. Hallab Reading Guide. ISBN: 9781438428604. Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. University of Chicago Press, 1997. Auerbach Reading Guide. ISBN: 9780226032023.
Lord Byron	McGann, Jerome. “Byron, George Gordon Noel.” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2015. Extract from Lord Byron’s The Giaour
Concepts	Literary Modernism: A Brief Guide Popular Culture: Some Definitions

Topic

Readings

Dracula

Dracula Reading Guide

Outline of Freud’s basic ideas which will be useful when we come to the reception of Dracula.

McLeod, Saul. “What Are the Most Interesting Ideas of Sigmund Freud?” Simply Psychology, 2018.

The best overall account of Freud, sober and well informed, and dealing with every aspect of his life and theories is to be found on The Victorian Web.

“Sigmund Freud.” The Victorian Web, 2016.

Browning, John Edgar. Bram Stoker’s Dracula: The Critical Feast, An Annotated Reference of Early Reviews & Reactions, 1897–1913. Apocryphile Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781937002213.

The Vampire Trope: The Larger Picture

The fullest and most up-to-date account I know of the investigation of vampire phenomena in early eighteenth century Austro-Hungary, and how such ideas were diffused amongst the intelligentsia in the West.

Bräunlein, Peter J. “The Frightening Borderlands of Enlightenment: The Vampire Problem.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43, no. 3 (2012): 710–719.

Psychoanalytical schools have been much interested in vampires; here is a summary of what the followers of Freud and Jung have made of the phenomenon.

“Psychological Perspectives on Vampire Mythology.” The Vampire Book, 2nd ed. Visible Ink Press, 2011.

Article from the Scientific American.

Johnson, Eric Michael. “A Natural History of Vampires.” Scientific American, 2011.

Hallab, Mary. Vampire God: The Allure of the Undead in Western Culture. State University of New York Press, 2009. Hallab Reading Guide. ISBN: 9781438428604.

Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. University of Chicago Press, 1997. Auerbach Reading Guide. ISBN: 9780226032023.

Lord Byron

McGann, Jerome. “Byron, George Gordon Noel.” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2015.

Extract from Lord Byron’s The Giaour

Concepts

Literary Modernism: A Brief Guide

Popular Culture: Some Definitions