ENG 510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sheridan Le Fanu, Gothic Fiction, Occult Detective Fiction
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Born from folk beliefs that were tailored to fit political metaphors. Vampires fulfilled two basic metaphorical functions sustain their own life: oppression, especially political in that they feed on the living to, anxieties about sexuality tied to the vampire"s unnatural powers of. The vampire stories are part of the gothic movement that brings the stories seduction into the present, rather than being part of a medieval past. Helsing: the figure of the vampire hunter comes from this story. Emphasizes a same-sex relationship, where carmilla preys on women, rather. The novella directly influenced dracula especially in its treatment of van: the learned specialist that knows who they"re dealing with. It is one of four cases investigated by the (cid:498)occult detective(cid:499) dr. hesselius. What we are reading is one part of a dual narrative, the story that leads to: this is important because the story will remember forever incomplete.
