The Modern Vampire and Human Identity

Vampires are back - and this time they want to be us, not drain us. This collection considers the recent phenomena of Twilight and True Blood, as well as authors such as Kim Newman and Matt Haig, films such as The Breed and Interview with the Vampire, and television programmes such as Being Human and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

VICTORIA AMADOR Assistant Professor in English at the American University in Sharjah, UAE SIMON BACON Independent Scholar SARAH HEATON Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of English at the University of Chester, UK BETHAN JONES PhD candidate in Journalism Studies at Cardiff University, UK EWAN KIRKLAND teaches Film and Screen Studies at the University of Brighton, UK YAEL MAURER Lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel HANNAH PRIEST Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK CLARE REED Sessional lecturer at the University of Reading and the University of Portsmouth, UK KEITH SCOTT Subject Leader for English Language at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK