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Originally Posted by Dragoro
So you know Stroker and what was in his mind when he wrote it? I dont think so. I doubt he would of wrote it any different regardless of what time he was living in.
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I have no idea who
Stroker is, but I did teach a class on Vampire fiction and lore when I was a creative writing teacher, I've also read several biographies of Bram Stoker and wrote a dissertation on his work. So, yes, I think I have a good idea of why Bram Stoker wrote what he did and why he wrote it that way and at that particular time.
Vampires are inherently sexual creations, and have been portrayed as such for a long, long time. Going back to the time of Lilith, the Vampire is essentially a sexual being. A lot of vampire lore, and the fear it produced, stems from the transmission of blood diseases such as syphilis (of which Stoker supposedly suffered and died from). Diseases that were spread through sexual contact. Blood, penetration by fangs (phallic symbols some would say), the pleasurable agony of the 'bite', the mysterious stranger who comes to 'visit' the usually female victim and then disappears again, is all very sexual.
I could go on and on about this for a long time, as it interests me very much. But I won't, and my original statement still stands. King has a lot of weight in the industry, his criticism was weak and did not address the truly disturbing motivations and horrible influence the books of Meyers might have on teenage girls, which he could have. He instead made a weak jab about her writing and then stated the obvious.