The Monster with a Thousand Faces: Guises of the Vampire in Myth and Literature

By Brian J. Frost

Brian Frost chronicles the history of the vampire in myth and literature, providing a sumptuous repast for all devotees of the bizarre. In a wide-ranging survey, including plot summaries of hundreds of novels and short stories, the reader meets an amazing assortment of vampires from the pages of weird fiction, ranging from the 10,000-year-old femme fatale in Robert E. Howard's Conan the Conqueror to the malevolent fetus in Eddy C. Bertin's "Something Small, Something Hungry." Nostalgia buffs will enjoy a discussion of the vampire yarns in the pulp magazines of the interwar years, while fans of contemporary vampire fiction will also be sated.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879724595
• ISBN13: 9780879724597
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"