Create Vampires/Authors Who Created Vampire Tropes

Authors Who Created Vampire Tropes John Polidori - The Vampyre (1819) - Before Polidori, vampires were bloated, corpse-like normal folks in folklore. After Polidori, there emerged a sophisticated, upper-class vampire, the ancestor for most modern sexy vampire characters. Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla (1872) - Le Fanu wrote a blueprint for the vampire as forbidden desire trope. His work directly influenced Bram Stoker. Bram Stoker - Dracula (1897) - Stoker stabilized vampire traits into one standard version, shared around the world. Philip Burn-Jones & Rudyard Kipling - The Vampire (1897) - Their painting and poem created early 20th century vamp archetype of a destructive yet tempting woman. This influenced pop culture and film. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (1931) - Lugosi created a visual vampire archetype known around the world. Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire (1976) - Rice reinvented the vampire for modern readers and movie goers. Joss Whedon - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) - Buffy created many storytelling rules that we used today. Stephenie Meyer - Twilight (2005) - Twilight reshaped vampire fiction for a new audience. + Who Created Which Tropes Author / Creator Major Tropes Introduced or Codified Polidori Aristocratic vampire, seductive gentleman Le Fanu Female seductress vampire, tragic intimacy Stoker Vampire weakness, hunters, castle, transformations Burne-Jones & Kipling Femme fatale "vamp," emotional vampirism Murnau Sunlight kills vampires, plague imagery Lugosi Cape, hypnotic stare, iconic mannerisms Anne Rice Sympathetic vampires, vampire society, moral conflict Joss Whedon Vampire dusting, vampire with a soul, teen metaphors Stephenie Meyer Sparkling vampires, integration into society, romance focus writers_who_did_not_create_vampires TOC mini