Abstract
http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n1p81Com a publicação de Sonho Febril em 1982, George R. R. Martin experimentou com a narrativa de "vampiro simpático", popularizada apenas alguns anos antes por Anne Rice. Uma história sobre vampiros que assombravam o sul americano durante os anos anteriores à guerra civil, Sonho Febril focalizou a ambiguidade moral, a brutalidade do poder, e outros aspectos narrativos que eventualmente emergirão mais desenvolvidos na grande obra do autor, a aclamada série As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo. Muitas vezes negligenciado, Sonho Febril é importante porque uma leitura atenta do texto indica a abertura de Martin à fantasia sombria, não apenas no material temático, mas também na inclusão de eventos históricos do mundo real (a Guerra Civil Americana) e instituições (escravidão).
Highlights
With his publication of Fevre Dream in 1982, George R
It is in this conlict that some very dark themes begin to emerge, themes that achieve maturity set against the backdrop of slavery and the lead up to the American Civil War. he rich descriptions of the river and the cities that populate its shores remind one of Mark Twain, the gothic feel and the features of the horror genre are all Stoker. he tensions that would culminate in the Civil War–slavery, the excesses of the plantation system, and the specter of poverty for those not lucky enough to be born into that system–are largely restricted to the background of Martin’s narrative
A civil war does lie at the heart of the novel, but it involves rival clans of vampires divided between those who have decided that feeding upon humans is immoral and those who cleave to their traditional attitudes and feeding habits and who refer to humans, and treat them, as “cattle.” York has invented an elixir that manages the bloodthirst that plagues his species, allowing those who join him to successfully wean themselves from the need to feed upon humans. his innovation has attracted the attention of Damon Julian, a rival elder and “blood master” of incredible power with whom York must contend if he wants his cure to be embraced by even more vampires. his is the civil war that lies at the heart of Martin’s text
Summary
With his publication of Fevre Dream in 1982, George R. 82 Andrew Howe River of Blood: George Martin’s Fevre Dream and the Road to Dark Design and other narrative aspects that, later in his career, he would mine in much more focused and sustained ways.
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