Do, Myha2022-06-102022-06-102015Do, M. (2015). Book review: M.J. Trow. A brief history of vampires. 2010. Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy. 2(1). http://journaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/M-Do.pdf2378-23312378-2323http://journaldialogue.org/issues/book-review-m-j-trow-a-brief-history-of-vampires/http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/6232From the works of Anne Rice and Stephen King to films on vampires and the walking dead, the appeal of vampirism has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States, especially to young people. In the modern era where the typical American family is broken and where marriages can last a few days to weeks, troubled maturing young people find little comfort in a society that represents separation. In contrast, vampires, as the living undead, provide stability and lasting relationships, because they live forever and thus their love is consequentially eternal. A Brief History of Vampires is an inspiring book that attempts to explain this resurgent phenomenon as M.J. Trow links fictional Gothic beings to actual people...enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United StatesType of access: Open AccessArticle