Blood Will Tell

Blood Will Tell explores the ways in which writers thinkers and politicians used blood and vampire-related imagery to express social and cultural anxieties in the decades leading up to the First World War. Covering a wide variety of topics including science citizenship gender and anti-Semitism Robinson demonstrates the ways in which rhetoric tied to blood and vampires permeated political discourse and transcended the disparate cultures of Great Britain France Germany and the United States forming a cohesive political and cultural metaphor. An excellent resource both for students of nineteenth century cultural history and for those interested in the historical roots of Western fascination with vampires.