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Drácula, el enfermo: cómo nació el mito del vampiro

  • Written by Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia
imageModern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren't in the original vampire myths.Archive Photos/ Moviepix via Getty Images

El vampiro es una imagen común en la cultura pop actual que adopta muchas formas: desde Alucard, el gallardo engendro de Drácula en el juego de PlayStation “Castlevania: Symphony of the...

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