| "Wake Not the Dead" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Ernst Raupach | |
.jpg) Half title of original German first publication | |
 Text available at Wikisource | |
| Original title | Laßt die Todten ruhen |
| Translator | Anonymous |
| Language | German |
| Genre(s) | Gothic horror |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Minerva |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Publisher | Gerhard Fleischer |
| Publication date | 1823 |
| Published in English | 1823 |
"Wake Not the Dead" (German: Laßt die Todten ruhen, lit. 'Let the Dead Rest') is a short story by Ernst Raupach published in Minerva magazine in 1823. It was one of the earliest vampire stories. The story was translated into English in Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations (1823) without crediting Raupach, and was often misattributed to Ludwig Tieck in the English-speaking world.[1]
- ^ Crawford, Heide (2016). The Origins of the Literary Vampire. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 87–96. ISBN 978-1-4422-6675-9.