First serialized in the journal The Dark Blue and published shortly thereafter in the short story collection In a Glass Darkly, Le Fanu\'s 1872 vampire tale is in many ways the overlooked older sister of Bram Stoker\'s more acclaimed Dracula.
With a glossary, biography, bibliography, and explanatory notes on the text, this Edition is ideal for students of Irish and British nineteenth-century literature..
Ranging from politics to gender, Gothicism to feminism, and nineteenth-century aestheticism to contemporary film studies, these Critical yet accessible articles model the diverse ways that scholars can approach a single text.
This Edition includes a student-oriented introduction, tracing the major Critical responses to Carmilla, and four interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars who analyze the story from a variety of theoretical perspectives.
A thrilling gothic tale, Carmilla tells the story of a young woman lured by the charms of a female vampire.
First serialized in the journal The Dark Blue and published shortly thereafter in the short story collection In a Glass Darkly, Le Fanu\'s 1872 vampire tale is in many ways the overlooked older sister of Bram Stoker\'s more acclaimed Dracula
