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The Origins of Vampires in Irish Literature

ADAMOVÁ, Diana

Basic information

Original name

The Origins of Vampires in Irish Literature

Authors

Edition

Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference, 2023

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Keywords (in Czech)

Irská literatura, Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, irská mytologie, W. B. Yeats

Keywords in English

Irish literature, Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Irish mythology, W. B. Yeats

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Změněno: 2/1/2024 14:58, PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The present paper deals with the Irish vampire as the source of inspiration for other vampire stories. Tracing vampires on the Emerald Isle from faeries to Le Fanu´s Carmilla and Stoker´s Dracula, the paper argues that the influence of the Irish authors on one another, as well as on other authors, has been undeniably substantial. Presenting examples from Irish mythology to W. B. Yeats, the analysis aims at the revival of interest in the old-fashioned type of vampire that has been overshadowed by the modern, usually American, vampires in the last decades.