| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 132 pages) : portrait |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 168 |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 168
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| Contents |
Literary and historical context. Historical context -- The importance of the work -- Critical reception -- A reading. Narrative strategy in Dracula: journals, newspapers, and diaries -- Traveling to Transylvania: race, space, and the British Empire -- Those monstrous women: a discussion of gender in Dracula -- This way madness lies: nightmares, schizophrenia, religion, and confusion about boundaries -- For the blood is the life: Dracula and Victorian science -- Typewriters, trains, and telegrams: the technology of Dracula -- The comedy of class: blood, drunkenness, and hard work |
| Summary |
"Since its publication in 1897, Dracula has never been out of print in English and has inspired literally hundreds of popular films. In fact, this remarkable work, like its predecessor Frankenstein, almost immediately established itself as an important modern myth. It explores various fin de siecle anxieties about race, class, and gender as well as tensions about the place of science and technology in the modern world, all questions that continue to haunt readers a century later."--Jacket |
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Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Dracula, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character)
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula.
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| SUBJECT |
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00897302 |
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Stoker, Bram. Dracula. swd |
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Dracula (Stoker, Bram) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01359219 |
| Subject |
Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Vampires in literature.
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Horror tales, English.
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Vampires in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98012892 |
| ISBN |
0805717862 |
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9780805717860 |
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