Old School Vampires, Meet the Shiny New Ones...
And More
They are everywhere. I don’t mean
in your closet or under the bed or lurking in your high school cafeteria but in
movies, TV and literature. Some people might be inclined to say that people are
more obsessed with vampires than ever, but this is not the first time that
vampires and the supernatural have had a significant place in popular culture.
Because before Edward and Bella fell in love, in fact before Edward was even
fictionally born, stories of vampires and the supernatural were shocking gentlemen and ladies alike during the 19th
century through Gothic literature.
We have always been fascinated by ghost stories, but during the Gothic period, the dark and macabre was high fashion. I would go as far as to say that, at least in the world of YA, we are experiencing a Gothic revival, or perhaps more accurately, a Gothic reboot. For while the fascination is the same, the vampire obsession then and now has taken fans down different paths.
We have always been fascinated by ghost stories, but during the Gothic period, the dark and macabre was high fashion. I would go as far as to say that, at least in the world of YA, we are experiencing a Gothic revival, or perhaps more accurately, a Gothic reboot. For while the fascination is the same, the vampire obsession then and now has taken fans down different paths.
