<p> Few books have so seized the public imagination as Bram Stoker's <I>Dracula</I> even more popular now than when it was first published in 1897. This critical work represents a rereading of the horror classic as a Christian text one that alchemizes Platonism Gnosticism Mariology and Christian resurrection in a tale that explores the grotesque. Of particular interest is the way in which the Dracula narrative emerges from earlier vampire tales which juxtapose Apollonian and Dionysian impulses. A strong addition to vampire and horror scholarship.</p>