Tag Archives: vampires

The Anatomy of the Vampire Myth

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Recently, we opened up the digital doors of Signum University. Our Folkloric Transformations class this semester is treating the theme of Vampires and Big Bad Wolves. The transformation of vampire folklore and superstition into folktales, novels, films and television, and … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dracula, film adaptation, Folkloric Transformations, Interview with the Vampire, Maggie Parke, Queen of the Damned, Signum University, Sookie Stackhouse, The Vampire Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat, True Blood, Twilight, Vampire Diaries, Vampire Fiction, vampires | 7 Comments

Signum University Folkloric Transformations Open Class on “The Anatomy of the Vampire Myth,” with Drs. Maggie Parke and Brenton Dickieson (Tues, Oct 13, 6pm Eastern)

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Once again, we are opening up the digital doors of Signum University. Our Folkloric Transformations class this semester is treating the theme of Vampires and Big Bad Wolves. The transformation of vampire folklore and superstition into folktales, novels, films and … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, film adaptation, Folkloric Transformations, Maggie Parke, Signum University, Twilight, Vampire Fiction, vampires | 3 Comments

Coleridge’s “Christabel,” Keats’ “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” and Early English Vampire Poems

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I am preparing for my next discussion in “Folkloric Transformations: Vampires and Big Bad Wolves” at Signum University, and we have assigned Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s turn-of-the-century poem, “Christabel” (1797-1800). This 677-line poem comes out of Coleridge’s attempts to re-stage English … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Anne Rice, Carmilla, Christabel, Fledgling, Frankenstein, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Keats, John William Polidori, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, La Belle Dame sans Merci, Lord Byron, mary shelley, Octavia Butler, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Vampyre, Vampire Chronicles, Vampire Fiction, vampires | 15 Comments

Roundtable about Upcoming Online MA Literature Courses at Signum University (Full Video) #Tolkien #Chaucer #EddicPoetry #Vampires

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

As some of you know, I have been an online professor even before this current moment of remote emergency education. As I have blogged about it a few times (see here and here), many know that I teach with Signum … Continue reading →