Date of Project
4-26-2024
Document Type
Honors Thesis
School Name
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Major Advisor
Dr. Jon Blandford
Second Advisor
Dr. Zack Ross
Abstract
Anne Rice’s gothic novel “Interview with the Vampire” (1976) has not only stood the test of time as a cult classic, but has continued to be told and retold through a film adaptation (1994) and recent AMC television production (2022). Looking through the lens of adaptation theory and the ideas of Nina Auerbach in Our Vampires, Ourselves, this presentation highlights how both the original novel and subsequent adaptations use the figure of the vampire to represent the social changes of the era of its creation, particularly in regards to queerness and sexuality.
Recommended Citation
Alvarado, Ariana, "Written in Blood: The Cultural Work of Family, Sexuality, and Race in Adaptations of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire" (2024). Undergraduate Theses. 137.
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/ugrad_theses/137
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Literature in English, North America Commons