Origins of the Literary Vampire Crawford Heide
Origins of the Literary Vampire Crawford Heide The long and distinguished tradition of the literary vampire began in Germany during the Age of Enlightenment. Despite these German origins, scholarly…
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Origins of the Literary Vampire Crawford Heide
The long and distinguished tradition of the literary vampire began in Germany during the Age of Enlightenment. Despite these German origins, scholarly attention devoted to literary vampires has consistently focused on a select set of sources: British and French literature, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and the phenomenon of the vampire superstition in general. German literature was the first to adapt the vampire figure from central European folklore and superstition and give it literary form.
In The Origins of the Literary Vampire Heide Crawford redirects scholarly attention to the body of German poetry and prose where vampire folklore While there have been many illuminating studies of pre-literary vampires and vampires that have already been firmly established as literary figures, the story of the crucial moment of transition from folkloric figure to literary subject has not yet been told.