Sheridan Le Fanu

Abraham (Bram) Stoker began his life bedridden, weak, and helpless. Stoker, third of seven children, was born in Clontarf, a suburb of Dublin, on November 8, 1847 (Whitelaw 9). His parents were Abraham Stoker, from Dublin, and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley, who was raised in County Sligo (“Bram Stoker”). He spent most of his early childhood laying in bed, watching his brothers and sisters play outside through a dusty old window. “As a child, he wondered if he would get sicker--if he would end

apparent in many texts, the short story Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu decides to abandon those ideals and establish a new role for women through their desires. Repressed women were taboo yet Le Fanu upped the states by adding sexuality into the mix. Before this

literature as a whole grew and can be viewed as a commentary on the period of time in which it was written. The strong image of the vampire is a strong metaphor for communicating the zeitgeist of the time. By analysing Bram Stoker’s, Dracula (1897) and Sheridan Le Fanu’s, Carmilla (1872), as both novels are very important as they both helped mainstream vampire literature and created characters that have remained popular for over a century. An examination into these texts and the significance of the vampire

Since the late 1800’s, vampire have made their appearance into literature and popular culture. They showed up in a lot of popular novels such as Camilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in 1872, or Dracula by Bram Stoker in 1897. These novels illustrated the seduction power of the vampires and their characteristic. Despite that vampires may have some differences characteristic other novels or movies, vampires are still known as the famous creatures that have seductive and sexual characteristics. “Vampires

is traditional for the male to in fact save the weak and fragile female out of danger; further dominating his role. Although ‘Carmilla’ was written during the Victorian Era, one would aspect a male dominated patriarchal system to be followed, but Le Fanu doesn’t succumb to the traditional but in fact subverts it by casting the ‘villain’ as female who preys on young and vulnerable women ultimately for power. However, where ‘Carmilla’ does indeed follow the traditional gothic horror narrative where

The famous novel "Dracula" written by Irish writer Bram Stoker in the late XIX century still dominates the minds and imaginations of millions of readers around the world. This book is not the first story to be written about vampires, but it has become a classic of the genre, its standard and was the cause of the world obsession with "vampire" theme. "Ugly" and terrible desire frightens the modern reader. Wide public interest in horror literature says that the ugly aesthetics became a kind of symbol

Many New Woman writers proclaimed that domesticity could not be the be-all-end-all purpose in a woman’s life; they aligned themselves with the belief that women should be allowed to express themselves politically, creatively, and sexually. (Tremper 110) Perhaps this is why Ann Radcliffe, the obscure first female writer of Gothic fiction, was a pioneer in more ways than one. Although no evidence indicates that she recognized her status as a New Woman author, her terrifying novels rivaled those of

the wolf that "continues to haunt the Transylvanian forests" (Transylvanian superstitions). Gerard was not the only influence on Stoker choosing Transylvania as his setting some other influences were a collection of tales by Alexandre Dumas (père), Les Mille et un Fantomes (1849), includes a story about a vampire who haunts the Carpathians; in "The Mysterious Stranger" (anonymous, 1860), a vampire Count terrorizes a family in this area. Best-known may be Jules Verne's romantic adventure, The Castle

famous novel, Dracula. Stoker’s inspirations for the novel, in addition to Whitby, may have included Vlad the Impaler, a visit to Slains’ Castle in Aberdeenshire, a visit to the crypts of St. Michans’s Church in Dublin, and the novella Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. The original manuscript was believed to have been lost until it was found in a barn in northwestern Pennsylvania in the early 1980s. It consisted of typed sheets with many emendations, plus handwritten on the title page was the words, THE UN-DEAD

Ideas, beliefs, and theories of monsters have been a part of culture since the dawn of mankind. Over time, these gothic entities transformed into specific characters with names, features, and appearances. One particular monster that sustained themselves over time have been vampires. In fact, stories of vampires have been with civilization for centuries. The exact origin of vampires is unknown and there have been many speculations and theories of these monsters’ origins. Many scholars believe