Vampires in the world literature and culture are not what – or new developments, and they did not invent the Irishman Bram Stoker in his world famous novel "Dracula." Immortal thirst of blood, in Central European culture known for a very long time. And in many states there is still a belief in the deaths, which are selected from their graves to suck the blood of ordinary people. However, in the 19th century occultism and enthusiasm of readers folklore simultaneously with the fashion trend of the time, as loudly recite the emotions, egged company sponsors of the era (along with Stoker should also mention John Polidori, Joseph LEF) to create separate vampire images. In a way, "Dracula" was a pioneer of the modern vampire text, because, first of all, charmed readers of his era skillfully used technique of "reliable narrator." Of course, the novel consists of a seemingly authentic documents, diaries, letters, telegrams hero. The novel glows emotions, because the reader knows at any moment exactly what the author himself.
The author is also forced to the data bits of events – puzzles build a unified picture. This method of self-love flatters the reader's critical, but it also increases the degree of sincerity of the narrative. Thus, the real world of folklore, he lives among us – fear not! And the reader really scared. The second step was to incorporate the revolutionary terrible images of the 19th century, so familiar to the reader a picture – a world where there are modern technologies of the time: the typewriter, the locomotive and the telegraph. And in this revolutionary environment breaks paranormal factor is not religious – the sublime, and paralyzing horror aspect. For this reason, critics discerned in the image of the vampire fears rational person of the 19th century – the fear of immigration wave of female independence, forbidden sexual diversity, etc. A new genre introduced by Stoker operated sufficiently long period, until it was reduced to the usual cliches.
New Breath stagnant genre, given the published Anne Rice "Vampire Chronicles". The first novel by a series of "Interview with the Vampire" became both a classic and a cornerstone of a new literary image of the vampire, not only in getereseksualnom aspect. Rice turns upside down the traditional vampire story base of the story: a good character – a vicious vampire. Having a hero and a victim at the same time it was a vampire, Rice was not scared emergence of the question of subjectivity categories of good and bad. Confessions of a vampire, Louis – of – the baroque bright. It is full of "mortal" aesthetics. The text clearly reflects the conscience, the loneliness, despair, guilt and confusion life of a man who lived through too many epochal shift in the literal and figurative sense. After a few pages read can understand that vampires Rice – is exaggerated metaphors modern human emotions. Works Rice gave a new life half dead genre, and modern writers of vampire literature, to catch the note. They often make their characters oppressed minority among other people. At the turn of 20th and 21st centuries, one by one, followed by films and literary works devoted to this subject – Salem's Lot Stephen King, Charlaine Harris series of novels, Darren Shane and Laurel Hamilton, the teen TV series "Buffy against vampires, "bestseller 1994" Interview with the Vampire, "with some of the best Hollywood stars in major roles, and another and another …