Megan's MLIS Blog: Info Org: Final Project: Organizing Information: Examples of subject headings with end notes

Anne Rice: The Vampire Chronicles

Interview With The Vampire

Vampires - - 19th C - - New Orleans

Vampires - - 20th C - - Paris

Autobiography - - Vampire - - Louis de Pointe du Lac[i]

Relationship - - mentor-to-lover[ii]

The Vampire Lestat

Vampires - - 19th C - - New Orleans

Poverty - - 18th C - - France - - Paris

Rock Star - - Vampire - - 20th C – San Francisco[iii]

Autobiography - - Vampire - - Lestat de Lioncourt

Relationship - - mother-to-son[iv]

Relationship - - friend-to-lover[v]

The Queen of the Damned

Vampires - - 20th C - - New Orleans

Mythology - - Vampires - - origin

Mythology - - Vampires - - Egypt

Relationship - - abusive - - lovers

The Tale of The Body Thief

Vampires - - 20th C - - New Orleans

Mythology - - magic - - body swapping

Autobiography - - Vampire - - Lestat de Lioncourt

Memnoch the Devil

Vampires - - 20th C - - New Orleans

Mythology - - Christianity

Mythology - - Heaven and Hell - - the Devil

The Vampire Armand

Vampires - - 15^th C - - Venice

Vampires - - 18th and 19th C - - Paris

Relationship - - mentor-to-lover

Autobiography - - Vampire - - Armand

Merrick

Vampires - - 20th C - - New Orleans

Witches - - 20th C - - New Orleans

Witches - - family history

Autobiography - -Vampire - - David Talbot

Blood and Gold

Vampires - - 1st C - - Rome

Mythology - - Vampire - - Origin

History - - Emperor Augustus and on[vi]

Blackwood Farm

Vampires - - 20th C - - New Orleans

Relationship - - twins

Ghosts - - demons - - haunting

Blood Canticle

Vampires - - 20th and 21st C - - New Orleans

Mythology - - Taltos

[i] In the Riceverse, the identify of the narrator is a very important thing. This story, Interview With The Vampire is an autobiography of a Vampire, namely Louis de Pointe du Lac.

[ii] “Relationship - - mentor-to-lover” : Lestat de Lioncourt started out as Louis’ mentor in the world of being a Vampire, but they soon became lovers.

[iii] The end of The Vampire Lestat is a massive concert that Lestat, and his band (the Vampire Lestat) is throwing in San Francisco. Lestat is referred to, and referrers to himself as, a Rock Star. In later novels, he mentions that as reasons for some of his “eccentricities.”

[iv] “Relationship - - mother-to-son” : a large part of what makes Lestat The Vampire Lestat is his Oedipus Complex and his relationship with his mother – he turns her so that she doesn’t die.

[v] “Relationship - - friend-to-lover” : another thing that makes Lestat The Vampire Lestat is his friendship with Nicholas de L’Enfant. Nicholas was Lestat’s first true friend and first love.

[vi] “History - - Emperor Augustus and on” : Marius de Romanus mentions at the beginning of his tale that it was the reign of Emperor Augustus when he was turned. His story follows the path of history, starting with the reign of Emperor Augustus.