Introduction Nowadays, literature as well as new media offers a wide range of mysterious, supernatural and occult stories dealing with vampires, demons and other forces of darkness. ... The Origin of Vampire Stories There is no doubt that stories of occult as a literary theme have enjoyed large success and popularity and that they are still generally popular. ... The vampire began to appear in English literature after 1800 and it achieved its first real literary importance with the publication of Sheridan Le Fanu's novelette, Carmilla, in 1872. ... " Finally, in popular literature...

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In the Victorian era, there was a huge conflict occurred especially because of Darwin's theory between science and religion. ... Science brought new inventions and these inventions, while doing good to humans, but also, were making them more mechanized. ... This conflict between science and religion is wonderfully depicted in the poems of those poets who were extremely worried because of the conflict, Matthew Arnold is one of those. ... He is neither too melancholic like Arnold nor too optimistic like Robert Browning, another contemporary, in terms of the tone, mood and theme of his poetr...

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His works caused a major flux in culture including religion, science and human nature. ... They seemed like two separate worlds and if Christians accepted science then they had to give up all of their knowledge from before. ... His works were difficult and obscure for his readers but eventually found his niche with theatrical literature. ... When she died, he became successful but still kept most of his literature in a style that the reader would have to work to understand. ...

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