Vampires and Vampirism 1914 is a work from another era a time when belief and wonder led some to travel down pathways of knowledge in search of truth and terror not knowing what they would find.Written in response to an ampampquotawakened popular interest in supernormal phenomenaampampquot in the early twentieth century Dudley Wrights Vampires and Vampirism traces the history of vampirism around the world from ancient Babylonia Assyria and Greece to Great Britain Germany and Eastern Europe. Beginning with the question ampampquotWhat is a vampireampampquot Wright seeks to first define the term before moving into an analysis of how belief in vampirism emerged from various and distant religious and cultural traditions. Each chapter uses a scholarly mix of ancient and modern sources to enlighten the reader and the book culminates in a chapter titled ampampquotFact or Fictionampampquot which allows the reader to hear from believers and skeptics alike.