| Description |
xiii, 229 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Bram Stoker, the Gothic and the Development of Cultural Studies / William Hughes and Andrew Smith -- 1. 'Powers Old and New': Stoker's Alliances with Anglo-Irish Gothic / Alison Milbank --2. Fables of Continuity: Bram Stoker and Medievalism /Clare A. Simmons -- 3. Vampiric Arts: Bram Stoker's Defence of Poetry / Maggie Kilgour -- 4. Sex, History and the Vampire / Robert Mighall -- 5. Dracula and the Doctors: Bad Blood, Menstrual Taboo and the New Woman /Marie Mulvey-Roberts -- 6. The Alien and the Familiar in The Jewel of Seven Stars and Dracula / Robert Edwards -- 7. Exchanging Fantasies: Sex and the Serbian Crisis in The Lady of the Shroud / Victor Sage -- 8. Crowning the King, Mourning his Mother: The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lady of the Shroud / Lisa Hopkins -- 9. A Crucial Stage in the Writing of Dracula / Joseph S. Bierman -- 10. Echoes in the Animal House: The Lair of the White Worm / David Punter |
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11. Eruptions of the Primitive into the Present: The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm /David Seed -- 12. Stoker's Counterfeit Gothic: Dracula and Theatricality at the Dawn of Simulation / Jerrold E. Hogle |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character)
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain.
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Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Psychoanalysis and literature -- Great Britain -- History.
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Psychoanalysis and literature -- Great Britain.
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Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Vampires in literature.
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| Author |
Hughes, William, 1964-
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Smith, Andrew, 1964-
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| LC no. |
97037240 |
| ISBN |
0312211155 (St. Martin's) |
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0333720466 (Macmillan) |
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