Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Dark Sucklings

Classic Vampires Revisited: Dark Sucklings, the 5th book published in the Literary Vampire series, is a sequel to The Bloody Roots. The contents comprise the earliest vampire literature penned by English writers:

Contents:
"Dark Sucklings", Introduction by Tom English
1801: “Thalaba the Destroyer” (poem) by Robert Southey
1810: “The Vampire” (poem) by John Stagg
1813: “The Giaour” (poem) by Lord Byron
1816: “Christabel” (written 1797-1801) (poem) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1820: “Lamia” (poem) by John Keats
1820: “La Belle Dame sans Merci” (poem) by John Keats

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