Freud once claimed that love and death mark the driving forces of human existence. Having fallen in love with the undead of Twilight, we might well say the same thing about this vampire tale.

Such begins the introduction titled “undead wisdom” (the plethora of jokes to be made from that title, I leave you to capable commentators). While I might disagree with Freud about a lot of things, I cannot argue with him on this. Much (if not most) of human art, culture and more cannot be...