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This volume collects some of the most significant critical responses to the works of Bram Stoker, a writer best known in our time as the author of
Dracula. But Stoker wrote other works as well, and he responded to many of the issues that concerned Victorian England and which continue to concern the present-day reader. The introduction to the volume places Stoker in the larger context of the literature of his time and discusses his variety of works. Each section that follows is devoted to one of Stoker's works. Within each section are representative samples of criticism, ranging from the Victorian era to the present day. A selected bibliography concludes the volume. Through this book, Stoker emerges not only as a significant writer of horror fiction, but also as a writer concerned with the role of women in society, the social impact of science and technology, and the impact of racial and ethnic issues.
Sommario
Series Foreword by Cameron Northouse
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Stoker's Life, 1847-1912
Introduction
Under the SunsetReview in the Spectator (1881)
Review in Punch (1881)
Joseph S. Bierman, "Dracula: Prolonged Childhood Illness" (1972)
The Snake's PassReview in Punch (1890)
Review in the Athenaeum (1890)
The Watter's Mou'Review in Punch (1895)
Review in the Anthenaeum (1895)
Review in the Nation (1896)
The Shoulder of ShastaReview in the Athenaeum (1895)
Review in the Spectator (1896)
DraculaReview in the Anthenaeum (1897)
Review in the Spectator (1897)
Review in the Bookman (1897)
Royce MacGillivray, "Bram Stoker's Spoiled Masterpiece" (1972)
William Patrick Day, In the Circles of Fear and Desire (1985)
John L. Greenway, "Seward's Folly: Dracula as a Critique of 'Normal Science' (1986)
Stephen D. Arata, "The Occidental Tourist (1990)
Miss BettyReview in Punch (1898)
Review in the Athenaeum (1898)
Review in the Bookman (1898)
The Mystery of the SeaReview in the Dial (1902)
Review in Punch (1902)
Review in the Bookman (1902)
The Jewel of Seven StarsReview in Harper's (1904)
Nina Auerbach, Woman and the Demon (1982)
Phyllis A. Roth, Bram Stoker (1982)
The ManReview in Punch (1905)
Review in the Bookman (U.K., 1905)
"A Girl by the Name of Stephen" (1908)
Review in the Nation (1908)
Review in the Bookman (U.S., 1908)
Phyllis A. Roth, Bram Stoker (1982)
Daniel P. Pick, "'Terrors of the Night'" (1988)
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving"Two Actors" (1906)
"Irving as Man and Actor" (1906)
"Mr. Stoker's Irving" (1906)
Review in Blackwood's Magazine (1906)
Review in the Bookman (1906)
"The Intimate Life of Sir Henry Irving" (1906)
"Four Biographies" (1906)
"Bram Stoker's 'Irving'" (1906)
Review in Putnam's (1906)
Ellen Terry, The Story of My Life (1908)
Obituary of Bram Stoker (1912)
The Lady of the Shroud"Bram Stoker's Latest Novel" (1910)
Carol A. Senf, "Stoker's Successor to Dracula" (1990)
Famous ImpostorsReview in the Independent (1911)
Review in the Spectator (1911)
Review in the Dial (1911)
Review in the Athenaeum (1911)
Review in Punch (1911)
Review in the Bookman (1911)
Review in the Literary Digest (1911)
Review in the Saturday Review (1911)
The Lair of the White WormReview in the Times Literary Supplement (1911)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature (1939)
Leonard Wolf, A Dream of Dracula (1972)
Daniel Farson, The Man Who Wrote Dracula (1975)
Gregory A. Waller, The Living and the Undead (1985)
Selected Bibliography
Index
Info autore
Carol A. Senf
Riassunto
This volume collects some of the most significant critical responses to the works of Bram Stoker, a writer best known in our time as the author of Dracula.
