Beyond Dracula

Bram Stoker’s Fiction and its Cultural Context

AvW. Hughes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Reading Stoker as a participant in Victorian and Edwardian cultural life, this book examines the breadth of Stoker's novel length fiction, as well as his journalism, biographical writings and short fiction. Its considers questions of religion, censorship, gender and medicine, making it suitable for readers of the Gothic and those involved in the study of Victorian and Edwardian culture.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-08-08
Mått:140 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt:434 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Upplaga:2000
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333740347

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WILLIAM HUGHES is author of many articles on the fiction of Bram Stoker and is the editor of a critical edition of Stoker's 1909 novel, The Lady of the Shroud. His current research focuses on the contrasting medical backgrounds of late-Victorian and late-twentieth-century vampire fiction.

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Beyond Dracula is a welcome addition to the critical literature on Stoker's fiction. -Victorian Studies

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Acknowledgements Introduction: Reading Beyond Dracula 'Pity and Terror': Theology, Morality and Popular Fiction 'Un Vrai Monsieur ': Chivalry, Atavism and Masculinity The Taming of the New: Race, Biology and Assertive Womanhood The Sanguine Economy: Hysterical Pathology and Physiological Medicine Afterword Notes Bibliography Index