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...
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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 m
Acknowledgements; Introduction:Tracing the Gothic through Stoker's 1Short Stories; Gothic Material in The Snake's Pass, The Watter's Mou' and The Shoulder of Shasta; Dracula: Stoker's Gothic Masterpiece; Ongoing Work with the Gothic in Miss Betty, The Mystery of the Sea and The Jewel of Seven Stars; Gothic-tinged Romances: The Man, Lady Athlyne and The Lady of the Shroud; Stoker's Return to the Gothic in Famous Impostors and 135The Lair of the WhiteWorm; Notes; Bibliography; Index
