Overview
Against the social and economic upheavals that characterized the nineteenth century, the border-bending nosferatu embodied the periodās fears as well as its forbidden desires. This volume looks at both the range among and legacy of vampires in the nineteenth century, including race, culture, social upheaval, gender and sexuality, new knowledge and technology. The figure increased in popularity throughout the century and reached its climax in Dracula (1897), the most famous story of bloodsuckers. This book includes chapters on Bram Stokerās iconic novel, as well as touchstone texts like John William Polidoriās The Vampyre (1819) and Sheridan Le Fanuās Carmilla (1872), but it also focuses on the many āOtherā vampire stories of the period. Topics discussed include: the long-war veteran and aristocratic vampire in Varney; the vampire as addict in fiction by George MacDonald; time discipline in Eric Stenbockās Studies of Death; fragile female vampires in works by Eliza Lynn Linton; the gender and sexual contract in Mary Elizabeth Braddonās āGood Lady Ducayne;ā cultural appropriation in Richard Burtonās Vikram and the Vampire; as well as Caribbean vampires and the racialized Other in Florence Marryatās The Blood of the Vampire. While drawing attention to oft-overlooked stories, this study ultimately highlights the vampire as a cultural shape-shifter whose role as āOtherā tells us much about Victorian culture and readersā fears or desires.
This book title, The Vampire in Nineteenth-Century Literature (A Feast of Blood), ISBN: 9781032001784, by Brooke Cameron, Lara Karpenko, published by Taylor & Francis (January 29, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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