“Introduction to the Handbook of the Vampire”

This Handbook will show just what a many-splendid thing the vampire and vampiric entities are, how the genre has gotten to where it is, and that even 90+ essays on the various historical and multicultural aspects of creature are really only the tip of the vampire iceberg. It also shows the amazing range of researchers and research being undertaken on and around the vampire genre, as in many ways it is their fascination with and ever-growing knowledge of the genre that provides it with the “blood” that powers it with undead life.