It is one of the earliest works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the story is narrated by a young woman who is preyed upon by a female vampire named "Carmilla".

2022年10月14日 · Folklorist Michael Bell has spent his career tracking these “vampire panics.” To date, he’s documented 86 vampire autopsies in the United States since 1784—he prefers the term “therapeutic...

2024年10月11日 · A timeline of the development of the vampyre or vampire in British and American literature, 1800-1900.

Secondly, the Victorian era, with its repressive social norms and strict moral codes, created a fertile ground for the allure of vampires. These creatures symbolized rebellion against societal constraints and embodied forbidden desires, offering an …

Victorian vampires mirrored fears of modernization, moral decay, and disease, aligning pale, decaying imagery with tuberculosis and syphilis. Their duality—grotesque yet alluring, immortal yet decaying—endures as a timeless metaphor for humanity’s darkest instincts and vulnerabilities.

2024年10月23日 · To celebrate Halloween this year, we've picked the well worn, yet eternally fascinating, subject of vampires. Using HathiTrust alongside Wikipedia, 1 we explore the richness of the vampire trope in nineteenth-century Britain while also highlighting the …

2024年12月11日 · Through collected essays focusing on four major themes—race and postcolonization, desire and sexuality, time and history, and adaptation (6)—this volume examines how the vampire represents shifting cultural norms and fears of the Victorians in an era of unprecedented social and economic upheaval.

2010年6月22日 · Michael Sims brings together the very best vampire stories of the Victorian era-from England, America, France, Germany, Transylvania, and even Japan-into a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety.

The vampire, in modern fiction, often appears as a stimulating dark hero. The Western variant of the vampire myth owes much of its creation to the Romantic authors and poets of early Victorian society, a time in which Gothic romance was flourishing as a genre.

One of the most significant influences on Victorian vampire and revenant mythology was the fear of disease and contagion. The Victorian era was marked by numerous outbreaks of deadly diseases, such as cholera and tuberculosis, which led to a heightened sense of anxiety and fear.