{"id":1563,"date":"2024-11-12T00:02:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T05:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2024-11-12T00:02:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T05:02:52","slug":"publication-history-of-carmilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/2024\/11\/12\/publication-history-of-carmilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication History of Carmilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carmilla <\/span><\/i>was first published in the periodical <\/span>The Dark Blue <\/span><\/i>in four serialized segments. The first segment was published in December 1871, and the following three were each published a month apart, with the final installment appearing in March 1872. These chapters were accompanied by three illustrations which were drawn by D.H. Friston and engraved by C.M. Jenkin. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The journal <\/span>The Dark Blue<\/span><\/i> was created by John Christian Freund and first published in March 1871 (Chapman). Though the journal was only in publication for three years, it received acclaim for the quality and variety of the content it produced, as well as the notable writers who were published in it. The periodical was reportedly named after the colors of Oxford University, which Freund and many of the periodical\u2019s contributors had attended (Chapman). This fact speaks to the journal\u2019s educated and likely well-connected readership. Though <\/span>Carmilla <\/span><\/i>would have been considered a middlebrow contribution to the journal, <\/span>The Dark Blue\u2019<\/span><\/i>s<\/span> educated and well-received writers and readers suggests that the story was written for such an audience.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the story\u2019s publication in <\/span>The Dark Blue<\/span><\/i>, it was published in Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu\u2019s anthology <\/span>In a Glass Darkly<\/span><\/i> as a short story (Le Fanu xiii). Notably, this version of <\/span>Carmilla <\/span><\/i>added \u201cThe Prologue,\u201d which was not present in the version published in <\/span>The Dark Blue <\/span><\/i>(Le Fanu xiv). In the prologue, Le Fanu introduces the story as though it is a true record collected by a Doctor Hesselius. This addition frames the supernatural story and its female narrator Laura through the lens of the doctor\u2019s male medical authority. This male-centered framing contrasts the at-the-time shocking nature of the novel\u2019s powerful and assertive female villain Carmilla. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Though <\/span>Carmilla <\/span><\/i>is said to have partially inspired Bram Stoker\u2019s <\/span>Dracula<\/span><\/i>, which was published over two decades later, it didn’t gain much notice when it was first published. This is likely due to the female-centric plot and the subversive sexuality of the vampire Carmilla. However, the novella is now regarded as having had a strong role in establishing the conventions of the vampire novel, as well as providing insight into Victorian attitudes towards female sexuality. Consequently, the novella has gained popularity in the late 20<\/span>th<\/span> and early 21<\/span>st<\/span> century, resulting in increased scholarly discourse and several book, TV, and film adaptations. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Works Cited<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapman, Alison. \u201cThe Dark Blue, and J. Sheridan Le Fanu\u2019s \u2018Carmilla\u2019 (1871-1872).\u201d <\/span>The University of Victoria Libraries<\/span><\/i>, Omeka, 2018, omeka.library.uvic.ca\/exhibits\/show\/movable-type\/networks\/dark_blue_carmilla.html.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan. \u201cNotes on the Text.\u201d <\/span>Carmilla: A Critical Edition<\/span><\/i>, edited by Kathleen Costello-Sullivan, Syracuse University Press, 2013, pp. xiii\u2013xvi. <\/span>JSTOR<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/j.ctt1j5d4xp.5<\/span><\/a>. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carmilla was first published in the periodical The Dark Blue in four serialized segments. The first segment was published in December 1871, and the following three were each published a month apart, with the final installment appearing in March 1872. These chapters were accompanied by three illustrations which were drawn by D.H. Friston and engraved … Continue reading Publication History of Carmilla<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4998,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145914],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}