Essay Archive - From a Female’s Point of View: Misogyny in Vampire Literature
From a Female’s Point of View: Misogyny in Vampire Literature
Misogyny is the mistreatment of women. Even though it can occur in
any type of literature, nothing can be so vital in making a vampire story
work the way misogyny does. Although this is true, I do plan to take a
feminist point of view by connecting the four stories that we have read
over the course of the semester through similarities and contrasts. They
are Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz
Leiber, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and Countess Dracula! by....
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