Vampires First Blood Volume II: The Vampire Ladies: 2

The literary evolution of the female vampire begins with the legendary LILITH...but is she a cursed monster or a symbol of the rebellious independent woman? While the male vampire has gone from monster to anti-hero to dream boyfriend the path of his sister in blood has been more complex and mysterious. James Grant Goldin presents a curated anthology of the original texts some freshly translated that trace the evolution of the vampire lady through the end of the 19th century. In this anthology there are to be sure monsters--VESPERTILIA of A Mystery of the Campagna ONEIZA of Thalaba the Destroyer and BRUNHILDE of Wake Not The Dead--but there are also vampire women in love like CLARIMONDE the airborne ALICE of Turgenevs Phantoms or the lesbian CARMILLA. There are vampires seeking justice or vengeance like THE LADY BRIGHT. And there are characters like CLARA CROFTON or ALINSKA who are both predators and victims. VAMPIRES: FIRST BLOOD VOLUME II - THE VAMPIRE LADIES collects the original adventures of the daughters of darkness who returned from the dead to pit their supernatural powers against the entrenched forces of patriarchy. This anthology comes complete with introductory notes and detailed glossaries to make these surprisingly contemporary stories come alive for a new generationLilith from The Alphabet of Ben SiraThe Bride of Corinth by GoetheOneiza from Southeys Thalaba the DestroyerBrunhilda from Raupachs Wake Not the DeadAlinska from Lamothe-Langons The Vampire or the Virgin of HungaryThe Vampire Bride by LiddellClarimonde from Gautiers The Dead in LoveThe Lady Bright from Maxwells The VampireClara Crofton from Rymers Varney the VampyreAlice from Turgenevs PhantomsVespertilia from Crawfords A Mystery of the Campagna and Watsons VespertiliaThe Woman Who Did Not Care from Kiplings A Fool There WasCountess Dolingen from Stokers Draculas Guest