Carmilla

Vampires in Victorian Gothic Literature are generally cunning male sanguivores. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Gothic novella Carmilla takes an alternative route, portraying a powerful woman as a metaphor for patriarchal desire aside from simply offering a female character who is preyed upon. Despite the constant insinuations and sexual tensions Laura faces as Carmilla’s stay lengthens, she and her father remain utterly oblivious to her bloodthirsty temperament. Carmilla is the first acknowledged female vampire in literature and like other classic representations, her vampiric cravings are perennially linked to a world that is unfit for her...

Favorite Films

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Dracula (1989), Dracula Untold, The Vampire Lovers, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Vampyr, The Curse of Highgate Vampire

Favorite Books

Carmilla, The Vampyre, Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, Northanger Abbey

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