The Vampire Chronicles is a series of gothic vampire novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century.
The Vampire Chronicles
American author Anne Rice created The Vampire Chronicles.
A complete, visual genealogical record of all vampire characters found in Anne Rice's series: The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches. Includes dates of vampiric embrace and, if applicable, dates of eternal death.
Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), which was inspired by the life and legend of Lord Byron. Later influential works include the penny dreadful Varney the Vampire (1847); Sheridan Le Fanu's tale of a lesbian vampire, Carmilla (1872), and the most well known: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897). Some authors created a more "sympathetic vampire", with Varney being the first, and more recent examples such as Moto Hagio's series The Poe Clan (1972–1976) and Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire (1976) proving influential.
Artwork based on Sheridan le Fanu's Carmilla, an early and influential work of vampire literature.
Vampires appeared commonly in 20th-century literature, such as in this 1936 issue of Weird Tales.
