tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328695044244955699.post7756330396927860505..comments2010-12-11T12:17:15.670-08:00Comments on Introduction to the Novel, The Vampire Novel: The Vampyreslarsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13047926888434244065noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328695044244955699.post-31166959427605514542010-09-09T14:27:51.035-07:002010-09-09T14:27:51.035-07:00I really enjoyed the passage from "The Vampyr...I really enjoyed the passage from "The Vampyre" that you included in your post. I actually used the same one in mine. It just has such a nice, visual quality to it that makes it very exciting and memorable. Perhaps that is why is has stood the test of time and carried over to so many other forms of vampire fiction.<br /><br />I also enjoyed it because of its plain and straight-forward wording. It kind of takes all of the romanticism and mythology right out of the whole ritual. I found this interesting because it made me think that perhaps it wasn't really started as a ritual at all. It almost sounds as if it was meant to convey that the village people were confused and scared, which is what lead them to so thoroughly dispose of the body. <br /><br />The passage itself pretty much disproves that idea, but it still seemed like an interesting thought. Because now, to kill a vampire seems like this magical ritual (like what you were talking about in True Blood and Twilight), but the way it read in the story, it seemed more like an angry mob lynching someone.Ryne T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12333256565505586829noreply@blogger.com