Vampiric Literature by Famous Authors

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William Shakespeare

Yes, the Bard did use vampiric imagery in his work.

A short story and a rare vampire poem by "the undisputed queen of vampire literature" are included.

Lyrics to a song inspired by Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire from one of the most popular and talented contemporary singers, songwriters and musicians.

From the creator of Sherlock Holmes comes a vampire story without Sherlock Holmes.

England's poet laureate in the early 19th century, Southey's works fill over 100 volumes and include The Vision of Judgment and The Curse of Kahama.

Poe's vampire story, "Ligeia", was his personal favorite of all his stories—even above such classics as "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

The author of Captains Courageous, "The Man Who Would be King", and "Gunga Din" gives us "The Vampire" which inspired the movie that launched the career of Theda Bara, the first vamp.

Two works are included by one of the most important poets of the romantic period.

The father of modern science fiction, Wells was the author of The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The War of the Worlds.

Bradbury, of course, is one of the greatest and most popular science fiction writers in the world. His works include The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. He also hosts the TV series Ray Bradbury Theater, which showcases his short stories.

One of Scotland's most famous authors, a leading romantic writer, and the inventor of the historical novel, Scott's works include Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, and The Lady of the Lake.

Considered one of Russia's most important novelists, Turgenev's works are still ranked among the major Russian classics. They include Lisa, Fathers and Sons, and Torrents of Spring.

Stevenson authored such classics as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and "The Body Snatcher."

From the "most influential of all the modern poets" comes two vampire poems—one of which, French courts deemed was too offensive and obscene for publication and was banned for almost a century.

You know him as the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Voyage to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and Mysterious Island. Who would have suspected that the very first science fiction writer also wrote about vampires.

This leading figure of the Enlightenment and one of the world's greatest philosophers believed in the actual existence of vampires and wrote a nonfiction essay about them.

Many consider Keats to be a poetic genius. His most famous poems include "Hyperion", "Ode to a Nightingale", "La Belle Dame sans Merci", and "Lamia".

The humorous story "Count Dracula" was written by actor, screenwriter, and director of such classic films as Play it Again, Sam, Sleeper, Bananas, Annie Hall, and Zelig.

Considered one of the most important authors of the twentieth century, Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, and This Side of Paradise. He was the primary chronicler of the Jazz Age and symbolized the "lost generation" of the 1920s—which was at that time known as "generation X".

Guy de Maupassant has been called the greatest of all French short story writers.

Dumas is probably the most widely read of all French authors. Among the close to 800 titles to his credit are The Three Musketeers, The Corsican Brothers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo.

This Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet from Georgia was a leading figure in the imagist and symbolist movement.

Sir Thomas, who died in 1471, was the author of the most famous collection of Arthurian legends, Le Morte d'Arthur. In an excerpt from that book, Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, Sir Percival and a princess are lured into a castle to fulfill a vampiress's desire for blood.

Hardy, the last of the great Victorian novelists, is best known for Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Far From the Madding Crowd.

Rod Serling

One of television's most respected writers, Serling won three Emmy Awards before he even created The Twilight Zone. That show won him two more.

Goethe has been called "the greatest of all German poets and the outstanding figure of world literature since the Renaissance." He's best known as the author of Faust.

Lenny Bruce was one of America's greatest social satirists. His influence continues to be felt through comedians ranging from Woody Allen to Cheech and Chong. The authorities continually harassed him as a "sick comic" and often arrested him for obscenity. Today he's considered a comic genius.

One of the most influential poets of the twentieth century and a Nobel Prize winner, Eliot wrote such poetical classics as The Wasteland, The Four Quartets, "Ash Wednesday", "The Hollow Men", and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".

Wharton is probably the best known of America's classical novelists. She won a Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Innocence.

One of the best-known authors of horror and supernatural fiction, Lovecraft was the creator of the widely imitated and supplimented Cthulhu Mythos. Movies, computer games, and role-playing games have been based on his stories.

From the king of vampire literature we have "Dracula's Guest". This story was originally a chapter that was cut from the vampire classic, Dracula.

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