Our Vampires, Ourselves

This “vigorous, witty look at the undead as cultural icons in 19th- and 20th-century England and America” examines the many meanings of the vampire myth ( Kirkus Reviews ).   From Byron’s Lord Ruthven to Anne Rice’s Lestat to the black bisexual heroine of Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories , vampires have taken many forms, capturing and recapturing our imaginations for centuries. In Our Vampires, Ourselves , Nina Auerbach explores the rich history of this literary and cultural phenomenon to