Details

Subject(s)

• Vampires—Fiction [Browse]
• Dracula Count (Fictitious character)—Fiction [Browse]
• Transylvania (Romania)—Fiction [Browse]
• Whitby (England)—Fiction [Browse]

Related name

• Luckhurst, Roger [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Horror fiction [Browse]

Series

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Oxford world's classics

Summary note

The volume includes an introduction by Roger Luckhurst that considers the Gothic genre and vampire legend, discusses the vampire tale as sexual allegory, and outlines the social and cultural contexts that feed into the novel, including the New Woman, new technology, race, immigration, and religion. In addition, Luckhurst provides comprehensive explanatory notes that flesh out vampire mythology and historical allusions, plus an appendix featuring Stoker's short story, "Dracula's Guest," an early draft or abandoned chapter that was not published as part of the novel. --from publisher description.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p.[xxxiv]-xxxvi).

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Timeline of vampire literature before Dracula
• A chronology of Bram Stoker
• Dracula
• Appendix. "Dracula's guest" (1914).

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ISBN

• 9780199564095 (pbk.)
• 0199564094 (pbk.)

OCLC

663438449

RCP

H - S

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