Dracula (Case Study in Contemporary Criticism)
by Bram Stoker
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Author: Bram StokerEditor: John Paul Riquelme
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-12-26
ISBN: 0312241704
Number of pages: 622
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Book Review: Put down the King and Koontz - this is the master
Summary: 5 Stars
Stoker's Dracula has been the most influential horror novel for a number of reasons - it is incredibly full of creativity, backed with incredible realism, and in very believable 'voices.'
I read it for the second time in my life as an adult over the Halloween season, and I can not recommend this enough. Though it was written at the end of the 1800s, it is very easy to read while providing an atypical sense of surroundings and realism. Few books, let alone horror books, are as well conceived, and modern horrors seems 'crap' compared to this.
The biggest reason to hesitate is that you have already been exposed to so many versions of vampires and even of dracula that you may think you will fail to find new entertainment here. That may be true, but I found that I had forgotten most of the details and surprised with the amount by which I got into each character's perspective.
Put down the King and Koontz! That is, at least until you have read this one from one of the original masters.
Summary of Dracula (Case Study in Contemporary Criticism)
Awareness of Dracula as a masterly gothic thriller has increased ever since its publication in 1897, and the novel is regarded as one of the most seminal horror stories ever written, having inspired countless copycat tales and literary spin-offs. The tale of young Englishman Jonathan Harker's journey to Transylvania, into the very heart of Count Dracula?s evil realm, is compelling, but it is perhaps the journey of the vampire to England?and the dangers he poses to Jonathan?s beloved Mina?that is more horrifying.
Dracula is one of the few horror books to be honored by inclusion in the Norton Critical Edition series. (The others are Frankenstein, The Turn of the Screw, Heart of Darkness, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Metamorphosis.) This 100th-anniversary edition includes not only the complete authoritative text of the novel with illuminating footnotes, but also four contextual essays, five reviews from the time of publication, five articles on dramatic and film variations, and seven selections from literary and academic criticism. Nina Auerbach of the University of Pennsylvania (author of Our Vampires, Ourselves) and horror scholar David J. Skal (author of Hollywood Gothic, The Monster Show, and Screams of Reason) are the editors of the volume. Especially fascinating are excerpts from materials that Bram Stoker consulted in his research for the book, and his working papers over the several years he was composing it. The selection of criticism includes essays on how Dracula deals with female sexuality, gender inversion, homoerotic elements, and Victorian fears of "reverse colonization" by politically turbulent Transylvania.
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