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Before Dracula: Vampire Folklore, Stories, and Legends
Dracula is the vampire who has dominated our imaginations since his creation in 1897; when asked to picture a vampire, most think of a tall, dark haired aristocratic man wearing evening dress and a long black cape. But what of the vampires that came before him? Bram Stoker, the author of
Dracula
, openly noted the influence of a vampire novella written by his fellow Irishman, Sheridan Le Fanu, called
Carmilla
. This course will explore various genres to examine vampires' origins in Eastern European Orthodox folklore to its Western Gothic transformations. Along the way, we’ll meet a couple of historical vampires: Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory.
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