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  2. Vampire literature - Wikipedia

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    Vampire fiction is rooted in the "vampire craze" of the 1720s and 1730s, which culminated in the somewhat bizarre official exhumations of suspected vampires Petar Blagojevich and Arnold Paole in Serbia under the Habsburg monarchy. One of the first works of art to touch upon the subject is the short German poem The Vampire (1748) by Heinrich ...

  3. The Vampire Chronicles - Wikipedia

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    1976–2018. The Vampire Chronicles is a series of gothic vampire novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century. Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for lost souls".

  4. List of vampire films - Wikipedia

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    A wordless film interpretation of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's take of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 2003 United Kingdom/United States: Stephen Norrington: Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Shane West: Mina Harker, now a vampire thanks to her encounter with Dracula, is a member of the League. Van Helsing: 2004 ...

  5. Carmilla - Wikipedia

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    Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [1] [2] the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Countess Mircalla Karnstein.

  6. The Historian - Wikipedia

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    0-316-01177-0. The Historian is the 2005 debut novel of American author Elizabeth Kostova. The plot blends the history and folklore of Vlad ČšepeČ™ and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula. Kostova's father told her stories about Dracula when she was a child, and later in life she was inspired to turn the experience into a novel.

  7. Interview with the Vampire - Wikipedia

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    OCLC. 2132415. Followed by. The Vampire Lestat. Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976. It was her debut novel. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.

  8. Vampires in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    There is an entire genre of literature dedicated to vampires. Vampires are frequently represented in popular culture across various forms of media, including appearances in ballet, films, literature, music, opera, theatre, paintings, and video games. Though there are diverse and creative interpretations and depictions of vampires, the common ...

  9. Twilight (2008 film) - Wikipedia

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    Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. It is the first installment in The Twilight Saga film series. The film stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a teenage girl, and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen ...

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