Description |
xv, 132 p. : port. ; 22 cm. |
Series |
Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 168
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Subject |
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula.
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Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Dracula, Count (Fictitious character)
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Vampires in literature.
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ISBN |
0805778446 (alk. paper) |
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