Bram Stoker: Dracula

ISBN-13: 9781403987792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str.

William Hughes

Opis

This comprehensive survey of the critical response to Draculaprovides an overview of the trends and development of work surrounding the novel. The critics and approachesdiscussed range from the earliest studies to the present day, with particular emphasis on biography, psychoanalysis, postcolonialism, Irish studies and gender."

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Psychoanalysis and Psychobiography: The Troubled Unconsciousness of Dracula.- Medicine, Mind and Body: The Physiological Study of Dracula.- Invasion and Empire: The Racial and Colonial Politics of Dracula.- Landlords and Disputed Territories: Dracula and Irish Studies.- Assertive Women and Gay Men: Gender Studies and Dracula.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

WILLIAM HUGHES is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University, UK. He is the co-compiler of the authoritataive Bram Stoker: A Bibliography (2004) and editor of the journal Gothic Studies. His previous publications also include Beyond Dracula (2000) and the co-edited volume Bram Stoker: History, Psychoanalysis and the Gothic (1998), both of which are published by Palgrave Macmillan.