Foundations of Fiction, The - Vampires

Indisputably the most famous Vampire story is Dracula. But how did we get to that point? In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, M R James, E F Benson, John William Polidori, Uriah Derrick D’Arcy and many others who short story by short story establish the building blocks of this horrific yet thrilling genre. Here all manner of characters and narratives weave together to bring a unique yet intricate account of the beginnings of this most troubling of literary genres. 1 - Foundations of Fiction - Vampires - An Introduction 2 - Olalla - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - Olalla - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson 4 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson 5 - Count Magnus by M R James 6 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange by Augustus Hare 7 - The Horror of Abbot's Grange by Frederick Cowles 8 - The Black Vampyre by Uriah Derick D'Arcy 9 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet 10 - Alymer Vance & The Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew 11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda 12 - The Last of the Vampires by Phil Robinson 13 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman 14 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 15 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny 16 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford 17 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori 18 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori 19 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach 20 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach