Vampire literature

Venice Franco Horror Literature Rutgers University Professor Rosetti August 12, 2014 The Evolution of Vampire Literature There are several genres of fiction at the reader’s disposal. Horror fiction certainly has a vast scope. Many of the stories can be classified into different sub-genres. Vampire literature is a particular sub-genre that has caught interest for centuries. According to online dictionary, Dictionary.com, the formal definition of a vampire is, “a preternatural being, commonly believed

The vampire, from folklore to literature is described as a “dead person that awakens in the night to suck the blood out of the living”. (Bartlett, pg 1) The evolution of the vampire itself has seen drastic changes from the time of the vampire in folklore; where he was seen as a scapegoat, being the cause of the plagues and had to be killed to restore a healthy civilization to, Bram Stocker’s literary vampire; where the vampire had become the heroic figure and had to be blamed for all the victims

Dracula and its influences on vampire literature Have you ever thought to yourself, what has influenced vampire literature today? Well, neither have I, but it wouldn’t hurt to touch on the subject. Dracula introduces the idea of lust and death within vampirism. Also, there are many connections that I make throughout this essay between Dracula and I am Legend, proving that Dracula was an influence on the book. The opposition of Dracula has had great influences on vampire literature.We see that these

people all over the world! The three terms expressed all have one thing in common; vampires. These mythical creatures are one of the most popular horror-related figures. Vampires may be a frightening subject for most, but that does not take away from the fact of their popularity throughout. The fascination of vampires has greatly affected past, present, and future cultures all around the world. “The word vampire (or vampyre) entered the English language in 1732, according to The Oxford English

Acts Of Vampires: Fosters; How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Nice To Eat You: Acts Of Vampires, explains the concept of vampirism not as the actual act of biting and consuming a person's life force, but as the destruction of innocence in regards only to personal desire. Foster says “the essentials of the vampire story [include]... an older figure representing corrupt, outworn values; a young.. female; a stripping away of her youth” (Foster 19). Nathan, in The Poisonwood Bible, is displayed

If someone said the word vampires, what immediately comes to mind is the “classic “ image of one with fangs and a cape that feed on innocent lives. Although you can have your classic vampires in books and movies, not all are portrayed like that. As Foster explains in How To Read Literature Like A Professor, usually in literature, the portrayal of a vampire is used to signify the evil and pure, and when the sinister succeeds he takes that purity and vitality away from the victim. A Thousand Splendid

Alongside society, art, and literature, the character of the vampire, too, has evolved. While the old, cliched character of a vampire has usually been depicted as a cold-blooded, nefarious villain, contemporary vampires, however, possess qualities which illustrate them to be more affectionate and compassionate. A noteworthy example of this is Edward Cullen from Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight.’ The origins of the idea of how a vampire can coexist with humans in society and be capable of sympathy can

2015 The King of Gothic Gothic literature is an new, and young concept to many. It barely popped it’s head out in the mere eighteen hundreds. One of those who well mastered the concept of this was Stephen King. Stephen King was able to wrap his mind around the topic, and bend it to his will. By today’s date, Stephen King has already based some of his best works of art, of horror literature, with the fusion of gothic elements and today’s horror. Gothic literature can be defined as writing that employs

have different ideas of the supernatural and the vampire in particular. The vampire that is known today comes from 9th Century southern Eastern Europe from a time of Christianity versus Paganism. Many of these myths are from the area now known as Romania, where Dracula is set, but the legends of demons and spirits go back much further to ancient Greece and China. The vampire seen in ‘Dracula’ is much closer to the original European folklore vampire of a blood drinking, coffin dwelling creature , although

i decided to explore the history of the use of supernatural in literature. Which ended up being a seriously broad topic so I narrowed it to specifically the history of vampires in literature and why people continue to write about them which made my life exponentially easier in terms of this research. There have been stories of vampire like creatures dating all the way to back to Mesopotamia. People started writing about vampires because they heard stories of dead loved ones coming