HAY GUYZ WANNA HELP ME WITH HOMEWORK?

[helokitynkevlar]

So my senior project is all about Vampires from the romantic period onward. I have like, three or four books in mind, but I want to be reading something other than Dracula (for the third time), Vampire Chronicles (for the third time <3), and Twilight (from a critical perspective I now go "D

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[grey1911]

Just a list:

Vampire Hunter D series
The last man on earth
Vampire stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Salems' Lot by Stephen King

[helokitynkevlar]

Last man on earth's a movie, right? I'm using I am Legend as one of my books, which is the source material for that movie.

I didn't know Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote vampire stories.

[grey1911]

Last man on Earth is the Vincent Price movie based on the I am Legend book, you're right. I got a little punchy copying in the names of things, sorry.

While "Vampire Stories" has a couple that stretch whether it's truly a vampire story or not, there is also another book titled "Dracula's Brood" that is more likely to meet your needs. These are collections of various short stories by different authors, so it might be more time friendly as well, and includes pieces by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[hulkkeysmash]

The only vampire novel I've ever really, really liked is Sunshine by Robin McKinley. But that's probably because it has more to do with cinnamon rolls than vampires.

[helokitynkevlar]

I adored Sunshine. I kind of want to use it for my senior project because the vampires in that are horrifying, but they still manage to be sexualized.

WE SHALL SEE. But I love that book.

[soultospare]

Carmilla is a novella about a female vampire and it predates Dracula. Actually I think Bram Stoker got a lot of inspiration from Carmilla. It was required reading in my Literature and the Occult class, considered more important than Dracula.

Also the Edgar Allen Poe story "The Fall of the House of Usher," can be interpretted in several ways, and there are some people who describe them as being the last of a sad house of vampires, especially since the sister pretty much lives through her own death and even exhibits superhuman strength in escaping her own tomb.

[helokitynkevlar]

I'm using Dracula because it's a pivotal novel in the time period. It's the novel that starts the obsession with Vampires. But I might use Carmilla. My whole argument is that I want to talk about the sexual evolution of the vampire. Like how we went from the sadistic, creepy and manipulative... to Edward Cullen. I'm really hoping not to just write about Twilight as a contemporary novel, though, since there's been a vampire novel craze for awhile.

[helokitynkevlar]

I forgot my point. OH RIGHT (I wish I could edit my posts @_@)

But I might use Carmilla since it predates, and does feed into the sexuality of the vampire, considering the character was a lesbian, and I think that was the same time as the fallen woman poetry (like Christina Rosetti's Goblin Market) in the Victorian era.

[soultospare]

Yeah, Dracula's definately important and any work on vampire sexuality wouldn't be able to leave it out.
What's kind of fascinating about Carmilla is (I think?) it was the first work on vampirism to introduce the character of a vampire as being both evil and bloodthirsty, and lonely and seeking an eternal companion. After thoughtlessly killing probably dozens of peasant girls, for some reason she latches onto this one main character and becomes completely infatuated with her, and gets it into her head that they should be together forever. And now that's like, the foundation of nearly every vampire-human romance story.

[ofthedream]

Uh, if more than books are allowed as sources for this...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - movie, series, comics
-- Would be good for showing how vampires burst into mainstream popculture well before the Twilight craze.

Kindred: The Embraced - tv series

Vampire: The Masquerade - vampires in roleplaying games

[liverletdie]

I would definitely recommend a book called The Historian. Its a sharp twist on the Vampire myth while the roots are still solidly there. I really enjoyed the book. Just be warned, it's not written like a Vampire novel.

[helokitynkevlar]

That's okay. I don't just read vampire novels!

Yaay being a literature major x_x

...This looks really interesting. I may just have to read it regardless of I use it for this project or not.

[ironjill]

It's a very fantastic book! The author is extremely talented!

[taughttolisten]

YESSSS THE HISTORIAN