In Summer 2023, students in ENG333: Literary Themes: Vampires studied the nineteenth century vampire before DRACULA and some of these vampires’ modern counterparts and spinoffs. Together, they compiled an Annotated Bibliography of recent peer-reviewed scholarship on these vampire tales. Then, they consulted the bibliography to write critical and creative blog posts. Here are a selection of the posts. Enjoy!
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English 333: Vampires
In Summer 2023, students in ENG333: Literary Themes: Vampires studied the nineteenth century vampire before DRACULA and some of these vampires’ modern counterparts and spinoffs. Together, they compiled an Annotated Bibliography of recent peer-reviewed scholarship on these vampire tales. Then, they consulted the bibliography to write critical and creative blog posts. Here are a selection of the posts. Enjoy!
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