2. 1. VAMPIRES: AN INTRODUCTION
1.1 Definition
1.2 Appearance and history
1.3 Vampire fiction
1.4 How is a vampire’s body?
1.5 Vampire characteristics
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3. 2. VAMPIRES IN HISTORY
2.1 Elizabeth Bathory
2.2 Peter Kürten
2.3 Vlad the Impaler
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4. 3. VAMPIRES IN CINEMA
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Francis Ford
Coppola’s Dracula
3.3 Interview with
the vampire
3.4 The Twilight
Saga
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5. 4. VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE: BRAM
STOKER’S DRACULA (I)
4.1 Vlad Dracul vs Count Dracula
4.2 Bram Stoker: Life and works
4.3 Summary
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13. One story tells of
Dracula noticing a
peasant man who was
wearing a shirt that
was too short. When
Dracula asked the
man’s wife why the man
wasimproperly
dressed,she said she
was too busycooking
and cleaning to sew.
She was
immediatelyimpaled.
Graciously, Dracula
chose a new wife for
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21. VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE:
BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
The most famous vampire in
literature appeared in 1897.
That year the Irish writer
BRAM STOKER published
his novel Dracula. It made
Vlad the Impaler famous
worldwide.
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