The Erotic Bite: Dracula, Carmilla, and Forbidden Desire
Welcome, my ghoulish fiends!
Why do vampires seduce us even as they terrify us? In the second episode of Dark Thirst, I explore the erotic power of the vampire's bite, where intimacy meets violence, and desire crosses forbidden boundaries.
We dive into repressed sexualities, dangerous loves and the Victorian obsession with "beautiful death," uncovering how fear and lust became inseparable in Gothic literature.
From the shocking passion of Carmilla to Mina Harker's disturbing "baptism of blood" in Dracula, we reveal why the vampire still haunts our most forbidden fantasies.
Join me... if you dare...
***Listener Discretion is Strongly Advised***
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Sources & References:
Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897) – Chapters 16 and 21 quoted.
Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla (1872) – Chapters 4 and 11 quoted.
Ernest Jones, On the Nightmare (1931).
Nina Auerbach, Our Vampires, Ourselves (1995).
Ken Gelder, Reading the Vampire (1994).
Carol A. Senf, “Dracula: Stoker’s Response to the New Woman,” Victorian Studies (1982).
Richard Davenport-Hines, Sex, Death and Punishment: Attitudes to Sex and Sexuality in
Britain Since the Renaissance (1990).
Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction (1976).
Georges Bataille, Erotism: Death and Sensuality (1957).
James Stevens Curl, The Victorian Celebration of Death (2000).
Bénédict Morel, Treatise on Degeneration (1857).
Max Nordau, Degeneration (1892).
Sigmund Freud, “The Uncanny” (1919).
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