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Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Horror tales
ISBN : OCLC:225004032
Author : Bram Stoker,Charles Osborne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:720835453
Author : Bram Stoker,Charles Osborne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Horror tales, English
ISBN : OCLC:1028854942
Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0800809637
Author : Charles Osborne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1071026925
Author : Charles Osborne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:987220748
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Victorian Fiction Research Unit, Department of English, University of Queensland
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020679101
This book is the first critical volume to explore Stoker's writings from historicist, psychoanalytical and generic standpoints.
Author : Peter Underwood
Publisher : Peter Underwood
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Vampire’s Bedside Companion is a riveting compendium of new facts and fiction on the ‘undying’ theme of vampirism. Here is a new theory on the genesis of Dracula (surely literature’s most compelling and macabre figure?); thoughts on allusions to vampirism in Wuthering Heights; first-hand experience of Vampires in Hampstead, London; publication for the first time of the story of a fifteenth-century Vampire Protection medallion that Montague Summers presented to the author; an account by a professor of English at Dalhousie University of a visit to ‘Castle Dracula’ in Transylvania - The Vampire’s Bedside Companion contains these and a wealth of other hitherto unpublished material on a subject that is of enduring interest: The Vampire Legend. To many people, vampires are creatures only of legend and fantasy with no reality outside the pages of books. Others, who have studied the folklore of many countries and the continuing reports of vampirism, maintain that there is extensive evidence not only that vampires once existed but that, in fact, they still do exist. In this fascinating book the author, himself an acknowledged expert on the Occult, presents true accounts of vampire infestation in England, America, Ireland, Hungary, China and France. Records of vampires and vampirism are, he claims, as old as the world and as recent as yesterday. Four new, existing and authentic vampire fictional stories by Peter Allan, Crispin Derby, Richard Howard and James Turner complete this compelling companion for dark nights, solitude and howling winds! Illustrated with my striking photographs, The Vampire’s Bedside Companion also contains original and evocative drawings by Geoffrey Bourne-Taylor. It is a must for all students of the occult and every reader of the macabre.
Author : Christopher Frayling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0684158132
Author : Carol A Senf
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780708323076
This study of Bram Stoker focuses on Stoker as a Gothic writer. Identified with Dracula, Stoker is largely responsible for taking the Gothic away from medieval castles and placing it at the center of modern life. The study examines Stoker's contribution to the modern notion of Gothic and thus to the history of popular culture and demonstrates that the excess generally associated with the Gothic is Stoker's way of examining the social, economic, and political problems. His relevance today is his depiction of problems that continue to haunt us at the beginning of the twenty first century. What makes the current study unique is that it privileges Stoker's use of the Gothic but also addresses that Stoker wrote seventeen other books plus numerous articles and short stories. Since a number of these works are decidedly not Gothic, the study puts his Gothic novels and short stories into the perspective of everything that he wrote. The creator of Dracula also wrote The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, a standard reference work for clerks in the Irish civil service, as well as The Man and Lady Athlyne, two delightful romances. Furthermore, Stoker was fascinated with technological development and racial and gender development at the end of the century as well as in supernatural mystery. Indeed the study demonstrates that the tension between the things that can be explained rationally and the things that cannot is important to our understanding of Stoker as a Gothic writer.
Author : Mark Dawidziak
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015076193955
Looking at all aspects of the Dracula phenomenon, this book includes entries on the psychological and sociological implications of Stoker's book and the stage plays, movies, television versions, actors, and, of course, the historical Dracula, Vlad the Impaler.
Author : William Hughes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441128362
Dracula (1897) is one of the most commonly studied gothic novels and has been hugely influential through adaptations in fiction, on stage and in cinema. Offering an authoritative, up-to-date guide for students, this book introduces its context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife, leading students to a more sophisticated understanding of the text. It is the ideal guide to reading and studying the novel, setting Dracula in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, providing exemplary close readings, presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception. It also includes an introduction to its substantial history as an adapted text on stage and screen, focusing on the portrayal of the vampire from Nosferatu to Interview with a Vampire. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading.
Author : Carol Margaret Davison,Paul Simpson-Housley
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781550022797
A collection of essays by some of the world's leading scholars analyzing and celebrating the novel's legacy in popular culture.
Author : Carol A. Senf
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313013362
Best known today as the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker also wrote several other works, including The Jewel of Seven Stars, Lady Athlyne, and The Lair of the White Worm. In his exploration of supernatural subjects, such as vampirism, he is clearly a Gothic writer. The fantastic elements of his novels seem very much at odds with the world of science. Stoker, nonetheless, draws upon a large body of scientific theory and technological innovation throughout his writings. This book studies his blending of Gothic subjects with emerging discoveries in science and technology. The volume begins with an overview of Stoker's familiarity with scientific and technical developments. It then examines the role of science and technology in his various works, which demonstrate his familiarity with civil engineering, anthropology, physics, chemistry, and archaeology. While many of his writings seem to offer a rather uncritical celebration of science and its applications, some works, such as The Jewel of Seven Stars, reveal what happens when science oversteps its bounds. Stoker emerges as an early writer of science fiction whose work thoughtfully considers the place of science in society.
Author : Ingrid Pitt
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781849942454
Blends actual places, events, and characters with cinematic portrayals of fictional and factual monsters.