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Bram Stoker

Name: Bram Stoker
Author: William Hughes and Andrew Smith
ISBN: 9780312211158

by William Hughes and Andrew Smith

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Stoker is best remembered today as the author of Dracula. However, as twelve essays in this volume demonstrate, Stoker's work blends the Gothic with the discourses of politics, sexuality, medicine and national identity to produce texts that may be read by a variety of critical methodologies. Following an introduction which analyzes how Stoker's writings have been critically received in the 20th century, the book addresses not merely Dracula but also the author's other writings through historicism, psychology and genre.

About the Author, William Hughes and Andrew Smith

William Hughes is Lecturer in English at Bath College of Higher Education.
Andrew Smith is Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan.

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Best remembered as the author of Dracula, Stoker (1847-1912) actually produced 11 novels, many short stories, biography, and journalism while working full-time as a theater manager in fin de siecle London. This volume presents 12 critical essays addressing Stoker's exclusion from the literary canon, as well as offering diverse perspectives on his various writings, including Dracula. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.