Constructing Horror in Dracula

Wayne Pigeon- Coote

ISBN 10: 3659854425 / ISBN 13: 9783659854422

Published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Mär 2016, 2016

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Neuware -Bram Stoker¿s Dracula (1897) creates a set of horrors that elicit a range of disturbing interpretations from readers, and in turn the novel poses significant challenges for the shaping of stage and screen adaptations: it is however a durable and versatile cultural commodity. This work identifies the horrors of vampirism in Dracula and how these are constructed to engage with themes of sexuality, disease and race. It shows that Draculäs horrors are defamiliarizing, foreign and supernatural, yet came uncannily close to home for contemporary readers. It demonstrates the impact of the novel¿s violent and sexualized content, and ponderous epistolary form, on the process of adapting it for the stage. It also evidences the tradition of including a love-story component between vampire and victim, and how this impacts upon the construction of horror in film adaptations.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Horror in Dracula
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Mär 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659854425
• ISBN 13: 9783659854422
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 5D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 107 grams

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Synopsis

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) creates a set of horrors that elicit a range of disturbing interpretations from readers, and in turn the novel poses significant challenges for the shaping of stage and screen adaptations: it is however a durable and versatile cultural commodity. This work identifies the horrors of vampirism in Dracula and how these are constructed to engage with themes of sexuality, disease and race. It shows that Dracula’s horrors are defamiliarizing, foreign and supernatural, yet came uncannily close to home for contemporary readers. It demonstrates the impact of the novel’s violent and sexualized content, and ponderous epistolary form, on the process of adapting it for the stage. It also evidences the tradition of including a love-story component between vampire and victim, and how this impacts upon the construction of horror in film adaptations.

About the Author

I graduated with Distinction for my MA English and would love to pursue an academic career via a PhD. My research interests lie chiefly within the Gothic, particularly the literature of Irish authors including Stoker, Wilde and Le Fanu, and the fin de siècle period in general; I am also fascinated by the work of Robert Louis Stevenson.