"Blood Suckers Most Cruel:" The Vampire and the Bat In and Before Dracula

The relationship between the nineteenth century vampire monster and the vampire bat has not yet been seriously investigated in English. Three common assumptions made by experts are examined in this paper. Current vampire historiography has held that Stokerʼs use of a huge bat as the vampire was eith...

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Main Author: Kevin Dodd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2019-04-01
Series:Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts
Online Access:https://www.athensjournals.gr/humanities/2019-6-2-1-Dodd.pdf