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SHAKSPER 1993: Re: *Romeo and Juliet* and Dracula
From: Hardy M. Cook (hmcook@boe00.minc.umd.edu) Date: 10/23/93
Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 4, No. 664. Saturday, 23 October 1993. From: Elizabeth Miller <emiller@kean.ucs.mun.ca> Date: Friday, 22 Oct 1993 13:42:09 -0400 Subject: *Romeo and Juliet* and Dracula I should like to comment on Mary Jane Miller's query re Shakespeare and vampire lore. My knowledge of vampire legend in Elizabethan England is non-existent, though I am well versed in vampire literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. I'd be interested in knowing whether there were any vampire legends making the rounds in Shakespeare's time. There are certainlt many "vampiric" images in the plays, especially *Julius Caesar* and *Macbeth*. I have taken special notice of them this term as I am teaching both plays in a Shakespeare course and teaching *Dracula* in another course. Elizabeth Miller Memorial University of Newfoundland emiller@kean.ucs.mun.ca
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