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From: Bren MacDibble <brenmacd>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:02:47 +1000
Wonderful list, Jane. Thank you.
Do you think that Vampire literature is popular at different times throughout the history of literature in the same way that Science Fiction is popular in times of uncertainty about the future? I mean, what are Vampires but threats that walk among us, people that look like us almost, but have deep dark secrets and uncontrollable lust after a single purpose and the ability to convert others to their cause with a single bite? A cause which threatens to consume the whole of humanity?
If this is the case, then we really need a study on why it is suddenly so popular with tween girls. How do they see the world if they can find satisfying parallels within Vampire literature?
Bren MacDibble.
On 15/07/2009, at 5:15 AM, JaneYolen at aol.com wrote:
> Well, maybe vampire literature will disappear, as Elsa writes "This
> too
> shall pass." But it is good to be reminded how old vampire literature
> is. This does not take into account a century or two of folklore even
> before the literature took hold: * the first of a new vampire genre
>
> *1748 The first modern vampire poem, "Der Vampir," is published by
> Heinrich August Ossenfelder.
> 1797 Goethe's "Bride of Corinth" (a poem concerning a vampire) is
> published.
> 1798-1800 Samuel Taylor Coleridge writes "Christabel," now conceded to
> be the first vampire poem in English.
> 1800 "I Vampiri," an opera by Silvestro de Palma, opens in Milan,
> Italy.
> 1801 "Thalaba" by Robert Southey is the first poem to mention the
> vampire in English.
> 1810 "The Vampyre," an early vampire poem, by John Stagg is published.
> 1813 Lord Byron's poem "The Giaour" includes the hero's encounter with
> a vampire.
> *1819 John Polidori's "The Vampyre," the first vampire story in
> English, is published in the April issue of "New Monthly Magazine."
> John Keats composes "The Lamia," a poem built on ancient Greek
> legends.
> *1820 June 13: "Le Vampire," the play by Charles Nodier, opens at the
> Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris. August: "The Vampire; or,
> The Bride of the Isles," a translation of Nodier's play by James R.
> Planche, opens in London.
> *1829 March: Heinrich Marschner's opera, "Der Vampyr," based on
> Nodier's story, opens in Liepzig.
> 1841 Alexey Tolstoy publishes his short story, "Upyr," while living in
> Paris. It is the first modern vampire story by a Russian.
> *1847 Bram Stoker is born. "Varney the Vampire" begins lengthy
> serialization.
> 1851 Alexandre Dumas' last dramatic work, "Le Vampire," opens in
> Paris.
> 1872 "Carmilla" is written by Sheridan Le Fanu.
> 1888 Emily Gerard's "Land Beyond the Forest" is published. It will
> become a major source of information about Transylvania for Bram
> Stoker's "Dracula."
> *1894 H.G. Wells' short story, "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,"
> is a precursor to science fiction vampire stories.
> **1897 "Dracula" by Bram Stoker is published in England. "The Vampire"
> by Rudyard Kipling becomes the inspiration for the creation of the
> vamp
> as a stereotypical character on stage and screen
> *1912 "The Secrets of House No. 5," possibly the first vampire movie,
> is produced in Great Britain.
> 1913 "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker is published.
> 1920 "Dracula," the first film based on the novel, is made in Russia.
> No copy has survived.
> 1921 Hungarian filmmakers produce a version of "Dracula."
> 1922 "Nosferatu," a German-made silent film produced by Prana Films,
> is
> the third attempt to film "Dracula."
> 1924 Hamilton Dean's stage version of "Dracula" opens in Derby. Fritz
> Harmann of Hanover, Germany, is arrested, tried and convicted of
> killing more than 20 people in a vampiric crime spree. Sherlock Holmes
> has his only encounter with a vampire in "The Case of the Sussex
> Vampire."
> 1927 February 14: Stage version of "Dracula" debuts at the Little
> Theatre in London. October: American version of "Dracula" starring
> Bela
> Lugosi, opens at Fulton Theatre in New York City. Tod Browning directs
> Lon Chaney in "London After Midnight," the first full-length feature
> film.
>
> and so into modern times.
>
>
> Jane
Received on Tue 14 Jul 2009 05:02:47 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:02:47 +1000
Wonderful list, Jane. Thank you.
Do you think that Vampire literature is popular at different times throughout the history of literature in the same way that Science Fiction is popular in times of uncertainty about the future? I mean, what are Vampires but threats that walk among us, people that look like us almost, but have deep dark secrets and uncontrollable lust after a single purpose and the ability to convert others to their cause with a single bite? A cause which threatens to consume the whole of humanity?
If this is the case, then we really need a study on why it is suddenly so popular with tween girls. How do they see the world if they can find satisfying parallels within Vampire literature?
Bren MacDibble.
On 15/07/2009, at 5:15 AM, JaneYolen at aol.com wrote:
> Well, maybe vampire literature will disappear, as Elsa writes "This
> too
> shall pass." But it is good to be reminded how old vampire literature
> is. This does not take into account a century or two of folklore even
> before the literature took hold: * the first of a new vampire genre
>
> *1748 The first modern vampire poem, "Der Vampir," is published by
> Heinrich August Ossenfelder.
> 1797 Goethe's "Bride of Corinth" (a poem concerning a vampire) is
> published.
> 1798-1800 Samuel Taylor Coleridge writes "Christabel," now conceded to
> be the first vampire poem in English.
> 1800 "I Vampiri," an opera by Silvestro de Palma, opens in Milan,
> Italy.
> 1801 "Thalaba" by Robert Southey is the first poem to mention the
> vampire in English.
> 1810 "The Vampyre," an early vampire poem, by John Stagg is published.
> 1813 Lord Byron's poem "The Giaour" includes the hero's encounter with
> a vampire.
> *1819 John Polidori's "The Vampyre," the first vampire story in
> English, is published in the April issue of "New Monthly Magazine."
> John Keats composes "The Lamia," a poem built on ancient Greek
> legends.
> *1820 June 13: "Le Vampire," the play by Charles Nodier, opens at the
> Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris. August: "The Vampire; or,
> The Bride of the Isles," a translation of Nodier's play by James R.
> Planche, opens in London.
> *1829 March: Heinrich Marschner's opera, "Der Vampyr," based on
> Nodier's story, opens in Liepzig.
> 1841 Alexey Tolstoy publishes his short story, "Upyr," while living in
> Paris. It is the first modern vampire story by a Russian.
> *1847 Bram Stoker is born. "Varney the Vampire" begins lengthy
> serialization.
> 1851 Alexandre Dumas' last dramatic work, "Le Vampire," opens in
> Paris.
> 1872 "Carmilla" is written by Sheridan Le Fanu.
> 1888 Emily Gerard's "Land Beyond the Forest" is published. It will
> become a major source of information about Transylvania for Bram
> Stoker's "Dracula."
> *1894 H.G. Wells' short story, "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,"
> is a precursor to science fiction vampire stories.
> **1897 "Dracula" by Bram Stoker is published in England. "The Vampire"
> by Rudyard Kipling becomes the inspiration for the creation of the
> vamp
> as a stereotypical character on stage and screen
> *1912 "The Secrets of House No. 5," possibly the first vampire movie,
> is produced in Great Britain.
> 1913 "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker is published.
> 1920 "Dracula," the first film based on the novel, is made in Russia.
> No copy has survived.
> 1921 Hungarian filmmakers produce a version of "Dracula."
> 1922 "Nosferatu," a German-made silent film produced by Prana Films,
> is
> the third attempt to film "Dracula."
> 1924 Hamilton Dean's stage version of "Dracula" opens in Derby. Fritz
> Harmann of Hanover, Germany, is arrested, tried and convicted of
> killing more than 20 people in a vampiric crime spree. Sherlock Holmes
> has his only encounter with a vampire in "The Case of the Sussex
> Vampire."
> 1927 February 14: Stage version of "Dracula" debuts at the Little
> Theatre in London. October: American version of "Dracula" starring
> Bela
> Lugosi, opens at Fulton Theatre in New York City. Tod Browning directs
> Lon Chaney in "London After Midnight," the first full-length feature
> film.
>
> and so into modern times.
>
>
> Jane
Received on Tue 14 Jul 2009 05:02:47 PM CDT
