Vampires: the origins of the myth Clive Leatherdale, in his book "Dracula: the romance and the legend-, sustains that the mythical figure of the Vampire is based on two popular beliefs as old as manhood: a) Faith in ... , speaking of Dracula's powers, admits that the Count is changing, from "child- to an "adult- form, in which all of his resources will be at best, thanks to the new environment of London, more complex and stimulating than Transilvanic country. It is possible to recognise a version of Darwin's theories in Van Helsing's ... his opponent: this can probably be attributed to Stoker...

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... novel Dracula, the two co-authors were not convinced that this famous vampire plot belonged simply to the classical traditions of the Gothic horror romance traditions of ghosts and rattling chains established in the eighteenth century by Ann Radcliffe, Horace Walpole, and even John Polidori, with his ... imaginary vampire, Lord Ruthven, modeled on Lord Byron. Still less did they believe the theory advanced by Stoker's best biographer, Harry Ludlam, who informed his readers that the idea behind Dracula came from a nightmare caused by "a too generous helping of dressed crab ... Laiota, bec...

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