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DRACULA 1897
Bram Stoker

- Irish protestant
- Influenced by Celtic tales of vampires, as well as the Gothic vampire
novels which predate “Dracula” such as “The Vampyre” by John William
Polidori
- Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and mytholog-
ical stories of vampires



Frankenstein

- Epistolary style (novel in form of letters/journals)
- Common in early/mid Victorian novels
- Sense of authenticity increases terror


Dracula displays characteristics of a modern novel

- Multiple narratives
- Non-linear timeline (time-skips etc)
- Extracts of different forms/genres (journalistic extracts, telegrams,
ship’s log, doctor’s case notes)



Influence of detective fiction

- Sherlock Holmes “Hound of the Baskervilles” and the escaped wolf in
Dracula



Carol A Senf reads Dracula as a response to the powerful New Woman



Influence of Edgar Allen Poe

- Using cityscapes as Gothic settings rather than remote natural locations


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Bram Stoker Dracula
Publisher: januari 2012 ISBN: 9780141199337 Edition: 1

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