Bram Stoker, unable to walk for the first seven years of his life, and, by his own account, often close to death during that period, later became a star athlete. This work examines the motif of incapacity and sudden Berserker arousal, often framed in a window. This study is based on Stoker's prose before and including -Dracula.- It demonstrates the major motifs of -Dracula- were already present in Stoker's early work.
Bram Stoker, unable to walk for the first seven years of his life, and, by his own account, often close to death during that period, later became a st...
