The Irish vampire : from folklore to the imaginations of Charles Robert Maturin, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker / Sharon M. Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallagher, Sharon M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Ireland.

Folklore.

Maturin, Charles Robert, 1780-1824--Criticism and interpretation.

Maturin, Charles Robert.

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873--Criticism and interpretation.

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan.

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912--Criticism and interpretation.

Stoker, Bram.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

"Three 19th century Irish writers -- Maturin, Le Fanu and Stoker -- used the obscure vampire of folklore in their fiction and developed a universally recognizable figure, culminating in Stoker's Dracula and the vampire of today's popular culture. This study traces the genealogy of the modern literary vampire from European mythology through the Irish literature of the 1800s"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

1."The facts of vampirism are as old as the world": the etymology, folklore and history of the vampire

2. Gothic and Irish literature: "the uncreated conscience of my race"

3. Charles Robert Maturin: stirring the imagination of an Irish vampire

4. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: refining the Irish vampire

5. Bram Stoker: the realization of the Irish vampire

6. "The Irish vampire: national, literary, personal and global identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 26, 2017).

ISBN:

9781476627960

1476627967