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The Origins of the Literary Vampire
The Origins of the Literary Vampire | Heide Crawford
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The long and distinguished tradition of the literary vampire began in Germany during the Age of Enlightenment. German literature was the first to adapt the vampire figure from central European folklore and superstition and give it literary (…more)
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#TBRtemptation post 7! While vampires have a long tradition, the main focus of these studies has been Britain, France, and Bram Stoker. Crawford provides the scholarly subject of when vampire folklore transitioned into vampire literary subjects--the German poets and writers during the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th and early 19th Centuries. A whole new part of the story you may be wholly unaware of but can't neglect. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

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