... tales: Dracula was written at the very end of Victorian age, films like Nosferatu and the first Dracula were shot under the shadow of the II World War (some critics define Nosferatu as a "metaphor of nazism-...), while now we are at the end of a millennium... We need them as an amulet against our inner fears and a reality full of uncertainty. A good ... Vampire: a Tale). I include a summary only of Steakley's and King's work, taking for granted the knowledge of the other two. I choose Polidori's and Stoker's stories because they are landmarks of the genre; King's Salem's Lot is interest...

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