My Dad's Library

LIT-EN-020

Blood & Roses: The Vampire In 19th Century Literature

Various (Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, John Polidori, Sheridan Le Fanu, Arthur Machen, J.K. Huysmans, Lautréamont, Bulwer-Lytton, and others)

An anthology collecting vampire-themed works from major 19th century literary figures including Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, and John Polidori, among others. The cover features a striking black-and-white illustration in an expressionist style depicting a vampiric encounter. This collection serves as a scholarly and literary overview of the vampire motif across 19th century European and American literature.