Michael Sims is the author of the acclaimed Apollo's Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination, Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, and editor of the recent The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime: Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes. He lives in western Pennsylvania.
"Sims, editor of this brilliant collection, gathers stories of the
undead written during what he loosely terms the Victorian era....
the bloodsuckers presented here are predators who can be turned
away only by Christian symbols, garlic, and little else. Do not
expect sparkling Twilight vampires or even the good-guy types that
sometimes appeared in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. An
excellent addition to popular fiction and literature collections."
--Library Journal (starred review)"Dracula's Guest invokes the
dangerous shadows of Victorian culture, those dark places where
passion, terror, pathos, and sorrow mingle and merge. Gathering
together canonical works along with less familiar knock-out
masterpieces, Michael Sims has produced an anthology designed to
keep us all up at night." --Maria Tatar, professor and chair of the
program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, author of
The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales and Enchanted Hunters: The Power
of Stories in Childhood"In this fine new anthology, Michael Sims
brings to bear his extensive knowledge of Victorian tales and their
tellers on the vampire genre. Despite the title, Sims's nets have
caught fascinating material that pre-dates Dracula and the
Victorians. Some will be familiar (excerpts from works by the Abbe
Calmet, Lord Byron, John Polidori, and Varney the Vampire, for
example), but other authors and stories will be new to many,
revealing an unexpected depth and breadth to the thrall of the
undead. With a thoughtful introduction to the volume as well as
each story, this book belongs in the crypt of every student of the
creatures of the night!" --Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The New
Annotated Dracula and The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes"Everyone
loves a good vampire story, but it takes a true aficionado with an
insatiable thirst for knowledge to ferret out the roots of these
monsters' enduring appeal. There is no better guide to the natural
history and mythology of the Undead than Michael Sims." --Jennifer
Ouellette, author of The Physics of the Buffyverse and Black Bodies
and Quantum Cats
Sims, editor of this brilliant collection, gathers stories of the
undead written during what he loosely terms the Victorian era . the
bloodsuckers presented here are predators who can be turned away
only by Christian symbols, garlic, and little else. Do not expect
sparkling Twilight vampires or even the good-guy types that
sometimes appeared in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. An
excellent addition to popular fiction and literature collections.
Library Journal (starred review) Dracula's Guest invokes the
dangerous shadows of Victorian culture, those dark places where
passion, terror, pathos, and sorrow mingle and merge. Gathering
together canonical works along with less familiar knock-out
masterpieces, Michael Sims has produced an anthology designed to
keep us all up at night. Maria Tatar, professor and chair of the
program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, author of
The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales and Enchanted Hunters: The Power
of Stories in Childhood In this fine new anthology, Michael Sims
brings to bear his extensive knowledge of Victorian tales and their
tellers on the vampire genre. Despite the title, Sims's nets have
caught fascinating material that pre-dates Dracula and the
Victorians. Some will be familiar (excerpts from works by the Abbe
Calmet, Lord Byron, John Polidori, and Varney the Vampire, for
example), but other authors and stories will be new to many,
revealing an unexpected depth and breadth to the thrall of the
undead. With a thoughtful introduction to the volume as well as
each story, this book belongs in the crypt of every student of the
creatures of the night! Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The New
Annotated Dracula and The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes Everyone
loves a good vampire story, but it takes a true aficionado with an
insatiable thirst for knowledge to ferret out the roots of these
monsters' enduring appeal. There is no better guide to the natural
history and mythology of the Undead than Michael Sims. Jennifer
Ouellette, author of The Physics of the Buffyverse and Black Bodies
and Quantum Cats"
Sims, editor of this brilliant collection, gathers stories of the
undead written during what he loosely terms the Victorian era . the
bloodsuckers presented here are predators who can be turned away
only by Christian symbols, garlic, and little else. Do not expect
sparkling "Twilight" vampires or even the good-guy types that
sometimes appeared in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" franchise. An
excellent addition to popular fiction and literature collections.
"Library Journal (starred review)" "Dracula's Guest" invokes the
dangerous shadows of Victorian culture, those dark places where
passion, terror, pathos, and sorrow mingle and merge. Gathering
together canonical works along with less familiar knock-out
masterpieces, Michael Sims has produced an anthology designed to
keep us all up at night. "Maria Tatar, professor and chair of the
program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, author of
The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales and Enchanted Hunters: The Power
of Stories in Childhood" In this fine new anthology, Michael Sims
brings to bear his extensive knowledge of Victorian tales and their
tellers on the vampire genre. Despite the title, Sims's nets have
caught fascinating material that pre-dates Dracula and the
Victorians. Some will be familiar (excerpts from works by the Abbe
Calmet, Lord Byron, John Polidori, and Varney the Vampire, for
example), but other authors and stories will be new to many,
revealing an unexpected depth and breadth to the thrall of the
undead. With a thoughtful introduction to the volume as well as
each story, this book belongs in the crypt of every student of the
creatures of the night! "Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The New
Annotated Dracula and The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes" Everyone
loves a good vampire story, but it takes a true aficionado with an
insatiable thirst for knowledge to ferret out the roots of these
monsters' enduring appeal. There is no better guide to the natural
history and mythology of the Undead than Michael Sims. "Jennifer
Ouellette, author of The Physics of the Buffyverse and Black Bodies
and Quantum Cats""
"Sims, editor of this brilliant collection, gathers stories of the
undead written during what he loosely terms the Victorian era....
the bloodsuckers presented here are predators who can be turned
away only by Christian symbols, garlic, and little else. Do not
expect sparkling "Twilight" vampires or even the good-guy types
that sometimes appeared in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
franchise. An excellent addition to popular fiction and literature
collections." --"Library Journal "(starred review)""Dracula's
Guest" invokes the dangerous shadows of Victorian culture, those
dark places where passion, terror, pathos, and sorrow mingle and
merge. Gathering together canonical works along with less familiar
knock-out masterpieces, Michael Sims has produced an anthology
designed to keep us all up at night."--Maria Tatar, professor and
chair of the program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard
University, author of "The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales" and
"Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood""In this fine
new anthology, Michael Sims brings to bear his extensive knowledge
of Victorian tales and their tellers on the vampire genre. Despite
the title, Sims's nets have caught fascinating material that
pre-dates Dracula and the Victorians.Some will be familiar
(excerpts from works by the Abbe Calmet, Lord Byron, John Polidori,
and Varney the Vampire, for example), but other authors and stories
will be new to many, revealing an unexpected depth and breadth to
the thrall of the undead. With a thoughtful introduction to the
volume as well as each story, this book belongs in the crypt of
every student of the creatures of the night!"--Leslie S. Klinger,
editor of "The New Annotated Dracula" and "The New Annotated
Sherlock Holmes""Everyone loves a good vampire story, but it takes
a true aficionado with an insatiable thirst for knowledge to ferret
out the roots of these monsters' enduring appeal. There is no
better guide to the natural history and mythology of t
“Sims, editor of this brilliant collection, gathers stories of the
undead written during what he loosely terms the Victorian era…. the
bloodsuckers presented here are predators who can be turned away
only by Christian symbols, garlic, and little else. Do not expect
sparkling "Twilight" vampires or even the good-guy types that
sometimes appeared in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" franchise. An
excellent addition to popular fiction and literature collections.”
—"Library Journal "(starred review)“"Dracula’s Guest" invokes
the dangerous shadows of Victorian culture, those dark places where
passion, terror, pathos, and sorrow mingle and merge. Gathering
together canonical works along with less familiar knock-out
masterpieces, Michael Sims has produced an anthology designed to
keep us all up at night.”—Maria Tatar, professor and chair of the
program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, author of
"The Annotated Classic Fair
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