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Book The Man from Shorrox s

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bram Stoker
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2000-05-01
  • ISBN : 9780742628878
  • Pages : 425 pages

Download or read book The Man from Shorrox s written by Bram Stoker and published by . This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Man from Shorrox s

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bram Stoker
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780742678873
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Man from Shorrox s written by Bram Stoker and published by . This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Postcolonial Settings in the Fiction of James Clarence Mangan  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker

Download or read book Postcolonial Settings in the Fiction of James Clarence Mangan Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker written by Richard Jorge and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how three Anglo-Irish writers, J.C. Mangan, J.S. Le Fanu and Bram Stoker, use settings in their short fictions to recreate, depict and confront Ireland’s colonial situation in the nineteenth century. This study provides an innovative approach by targeting a genre (the short story) which has not been explored in its entirety— certainly not within nineteenth century Ireland - much less using a postcolonial approach to the short story. Added to this is the fact that it analyses how these writers used settings as an anticolonial tool. To do so, the book is divided into two major sections, an analysis of Irish settings and non-Irish ones. It works on the premise that all three writers used the idea of displacement to target colonialism and its effects on Irish society. In short, this book addresses a gap in scholarship, as the Irish Gothic short story as a decolonizing tool has not been sufficiently and globally studied.

Book Bram Stoker

Download or read book Bram Stoker written by L. Hopkins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the major events of Stoker's life, including friendships with many of the major figures of the age and as manager of Henry Irving's Lyceum, with his literary career. It offers critical evaluation of Dracula and of Stoker's lesser-known works, yielding much interest when reinserted into their original cultural contexts.

Book Victorian Literary Cultures

Download or read book Victorian Literary Cultures written by Kenneth Womack and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victorian Literary Cultures: Studies in Textual Subversion provides readers with close textual analyses regarding the role of subversive acts or tendencies in Victorian literature. By drawing clear cultural contexts for the works under review—including such canonical texts as Dracula, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes—the critics in this anthology offer groundbreaking studies of subversion as a literary motif. For some late nineteenth-century British novelists, subversion was a central aspect of their writerly existence. Although—or perhaps because—most Victorian authors composed their works for a general and mixed audience, many writers employed strategies designed to subvert genteel expectations. In addition to using coded and oblique subject matter, such figures also hid their transgressive material “in plain sight.” While some writers sought to critique, and even destabilize, their society, others juxtaposed subversive themes and aesthetics negatively with communal norms in hopes of quashing progressive agendas.

Book Great Irish Tales of Horror

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Haining
  • Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780760703793
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Great Irish Tales of Horror written by Peter Haining and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of scary Irish tales by various writers arranged in sections by story type.

Book The Encyclopedia of the Gothic

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Gothic written by William Hughes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encylopedia of the Gothic features a series of newly-commissioned essays from experts in Gothic studies that cover all aspects of the Gothic as it is currently taught and researched, along with the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture. Comprises over 200 newly commissioned entries written by a stellar cast of over 130 experts in the field Arranged in A-Z format across two fully cross-referenced volumes Represents the definitive reference guide to all aspects of the Gothic Provides comprehensive coverage of relevant authors, national traditions, critical developments, and notable texts that define, shape, and inform the genre Extends beyond a purely literary analysis to explore Gothic elements of film, music, drama, art, and architecture. Explores the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture

Book A Dracula Handbook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth Russell Miller
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 1413480942
  • Pages : 201 pages

Download or read book A Dracula Handbook written by Elizabeth Russell Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using question/answer format, the book covers: the origins of the vampire myth; the life of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (1897); the novel, its genesis and sources; the historical figure (Vlad the Impaler) whose nickname Stoker borrowed for his Count; an examination of the connection between Vlad and Count Dracula; the impact the novel has had since its publication; and an overview of interpretations of the book. Included is a reading list. Some questions answered in the book: What are the roots of vampire lore? How did vampires move from folklore to literature? What do we know about the actual writing of Dracula? Where did Bram Stoker find his information about vampires? Are there any autobiographical elements in Dracula? Did Dracula originate in a nightmare? What do we know of the relationship between Stoker and his wife? Did Stoker die of syphilis? How did Count Dracula become a vampire? Does Count Dracula have any redeeming qualities? How was the novel Dracula received when published in 1897? What did Stoker himself say about the novel? Why did Stoker name his vampire "Dracula"? Why did he select Transylvania as the vampire's homeland? How much did Stoker really know about Vlad the Impaler? Was Vlad ever associated with vampire legends? What are our main sources of information about Vlad? Why do many Romanians consider Vlad to be a national hero? Which of the Dracula movies is the best adaptation of Stoker's novel? What impact has Dracula had on subsequent vampire fiction? Why does Count Dracula have such enduring appeal? How do Romanians feel about Dracula tourism in their country? Is there a real Castle Dracula? What are some of the interpretations of Dracula? Is Dracula a classic? And many, many more! Depending on the complexity of the questions, the answers range from 5-6 lines to several pages. -- from publisher description.

Book Delphi Complete Works of Bram Stoker  Illustrated

Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Bram Stoker Illustrated written by Bram Stoker and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 4587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bram Stoker is a leading figure of gothic literature, having not only written ‘Dracula’, but other groundbreaking horror stories, featuring Egyptian Mummies, grisly monsters and haunting encounters. This comprehensive eBook offers readers the unique opportunity of exploring the prolific writer’s work in a manner never before possible. This is the complete fictional works of Bram Stoker, with many bonus texts for gothic lovers to explore. (Version 3) Features: * illustrated with many images relating to Stoker’s life and works * annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other works * all 12 novels – even Stoker’s rare novels like THE PRIMROSE PATH and THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA – first time in digital print * both versions of the Mummy novel THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS – compare the original grisly ending to the revised happy ending! * each novel has its own contents table * images of how the novels first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the Victorian texts * ALL the short story collections, with rare uncollected tales * separate chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories – find that special story easily! * includes Stoker’s rare biography of Sir Henry Irving – explore their interesting lives and unique relationship * boasts a special VAMPIRE SOURCES section, with five works examining Stoker’s influences in writing DRACULA * SPECIAL BONUS texts including the first ever vampire story in English -THE VAMPYRE by Henry Colburn * also includes the mammoth Penny Dreadful novel that caused a sensation in Victorian times – VARNEY THE VAMPIRE BY JAMES MALCOLM RYMER * EVEN includes CARMILLA BY JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU – the haunting female vampire novel that influenced Stoker’s work * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Stoker’s oeuvre * UPDATED with original 40 chapter version of ‘The Lair of the White Worm’ The Novels The Primrose Path The Snake’s Pass The Watter’s Mou’ The Shoulder of Shasta Dracula Miss Betty The Mystery of the Sea The Jewel of Seven Stars — 1903 Version The Jewel of Seven Stars — 1912 Version The Man Lady Athlyne The Lady of the Shroud The Lair of the White Worm — 40 Chapter Version, 1911 The Lair of the White Worm — 28 Chapter Version, 1925 The Short Story Collections Under the Sunset Snow Bound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories Uncollected Short Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Vampire Sources Der Vampir by Heinrich Ossenfelder The Giaour by Lord Byron The Vampyre by Henry Colburn Varney the Vampire by James Malcolm Rymer Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Biography Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving

Book Gothic Images of Race in Nineteenth Century England

Download or read book Gothic Images of Race in Nineteenth Century England written by Howard L. Malchow and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In pursuing the sources for late-eighteenth and nineteenth-century “demonization” of racial and cultural difference, this book moves back and forth between the imagined world of literature and the “real” world of historical experience, between fictional romance and what has been called the “parallel fictions” of the human sciences of anthropology and biology. The author argues that the gothic genre and its various permutations offered a language that could be appropriated, consciously or not, by racists in a powerful and obsessively reiterated evocation of terror, disgust, and alienation. But he shows that the gothic itself also evolved in the context of the brutal progress of European nationalism and imperialism, and absorbed much from them. This book explores both the gothicization of race and the racialization of the gothic as inseparable processes.

Book The Greatest Short Stories of Bram Stoker

Download or read book The Greatest Short Stories of Bram Stoker written by Bram Stoker and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-12 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited collection of works by the master of horror includes over 40 best stories of the occult and supernatural: Dracula's Guest The Judge's House The Squaw The Secret of the Growing Gold The Gipsy Prophecy The Coming of Abel Behenna The Burial of the Rats A Dream of Red Hands Crooken Sands The Occasion A Lesson in Pets Coggins's Property The Slim Syrens A New Departure in Art Mick the Devil In Fear of Death At Last Chin Music A Deputy Waiter Work'us A Corner in Dwarfs A Criminal Star A Star Trap A Moon-Light Effect Under the Sunset The Rose Prince The Invisible Giant The Shadow Builder How 7 Went Mad Lies and Lilies The Castle of the King The Wondrous Child The Red Stockade The Dualists The Crystal Cup Buried Treasures The Chain of Destiny Our New House The Man from Shorrox' A Yellow Duster The 'Eroes of the Thames The Way of Peace Greater Love Lord Castleton Explains The Seer Midnight Tales

Book Vampires  Mummies  and Liberals

Download or read book Vampires Mummies and Liberals written by David Glover and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glover's efforts reveal a writer who was more wide-ranging and politically engaged than his current reputation suggests. An Irish Protestant and nationalist, Stoker nonetheless drew his political inspiration from English liberalism at a time of impending crisis, and the tradition's contradictions and uncertainties haunt his work. At the heart of Stoker's writing Glover exposes a preoccupation with those sciences and pseudosciences - from physiognomy and phrenology to eugenics and sexology - that seemed to cast doubt on the liberal faith in progress. He argues that Dracula should be read as a text torn between the stances of the colonizer and colonized, unable to accept or reject the racialized images of backwardness that dogged debates about Irish nationhood.

Book Uncollected Short Stories by Bram Stoker   Delphi Classics  Illustrated

Download or read book Uncollected Short Stories by Bram Stoker Delphi Classics Illustrated written by Bram Stoker and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Uncollected Short Stories by Bram Stoker - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Bram Stoker’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Stoker includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Uncollected Short Stories by Bram Stoker - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Stoker’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Book Bram Stoker

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Maunder
  • Publisher : Writers and Their Work (Hardco
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 0746311028
  • Pages : 177 pages

Download or read book Bram Stoker written by Andrew Maunder and published by Writers and Their Work (Hardco. This book was released on 2006 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most famous for his much-filmed novel Dracula, Bram Stoker was nonetheless a prolific writer. This accessible book offers an introduction to a range of his work - novels, short stories, biography, and criticism. It provides a discussion of recent scholarship on Stoker including the many attempts to write his life and find the 'real' Bram Stoker, and the lurid speculation this provokes. Moving beyond this, the author focuses on Stoker's career as a late-Victorian and Edwardian novelist in the commercial marketplace, looking at the fictional trends - horror, romance, adventure, crime - which his work encompasses. The study discusses Stoker's bid for fameas a writer, how his novels were received, and their engagement with contemporary anxieties about gender and nationhood.

Book BRAM STOKER Ultimate Collection  50  Horror Novels  Dark Fantasy Stories   True Crime Tales

Download or read book BRAM STOKER Ultimate Collection 50 Horror Novels Dark Fantasy Stories True Crime Tales written by Bram Stoker and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-12 with total page 2135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited Bram Stoker collection includes his masterpiece Dracula, other gothic and dark fantasy novels, as well as horror stories and supernatural tales. Contents: Novels: Dracula The Snake's Pass The Watter's Mou' The Mystery of the Sea The Jewel of Seven Stars The Man (The Gates of Life) The Lady of the Shroud The Lair of the White Worm (The Garden of Evil) Short Stories: Under the Sunset The Rose Prince The Invisible Giant The Shadow Builder How 7 Went Mad Lies and Lilies The Castle of the King The Wondrous Child Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party The Occasion A Lesson in Pets Coggins's Property The Slim Syrens A New Departure in Art Mick the Devil In Fear of Death At Last Chin Music A Deputy Waiter Work'us A Corner in Dwarfs A Criminal Star A Star Trap A Moon-Light Effect Dracula's Guest & Other Weird Stories Dracula's Guest The Judge's House The Squaw The Secret of the Growing Gold A Gipsy Prophecy The Coming of Abel Behenna The Burial of the Rats A Dream of Red Hands Crooken Sands Other Stories The Red Stockade The Dualists The Crystal Cup Buried Treasures The Chain of Destiny Our New House The Man from Shorrox' A Yellow Duster The 'Eroes of the Thames The Way of Peace Greater Love Lord Castleton Explains The Seer Midnight Tales Other Works: Famous Imposters

Book Bram Stoker

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol A Senf
  • Publisher : University of Wales Press
  • Release : 2010-11-01
  • ISBN : 0708323073
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Bram Stoker written by Carol A Senf and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Bram Stoker focuses on Stoker as a Gothic writer. Identified with Dracula, Stoker is largely responsible for taking the Gothic away from medieval castles and placing it at the center of modern life. The study examines Stoker's contribution to the modern notion of Gothic and thus to the history of popular culture and demonstrates that the excess generally associated with the Gothic is Stoker's way of examining the social, economic, and political problems. His relevance today is his depiction of problems that continue to haunt us at the beginning of the twenty first century. What makes the current study unique is that it privileges Stoker's use of the Gothic but also addresses that Stoker wrote seventeen other books plus numerous articles and short stories. Since a number of these works are decidedly not Gothic, the study puts his Gothic novels and short stories into the perspective of everything that he wrote. The creator of Dracula also wrote The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, a standard reference work for clerks in the Irish civil service, as well as The Man and Lady Athlyne, two delightful romances. Furthermore, Stoker was fascinated with technological development and racial and gender development at the end of the century as well as in supernatural mystery. Indeed the study demonstrates that the tension between the things that can be explained rationally and the things that cannot is important to our understanding of Stoker as a Gothic writer.

Book Midnight Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bram Stoker
  • Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 206 pages

Download or read book Midnight Tales written by Bram Stoker and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Werewolves, torture chambers, brutal retributions--all of the tales in this volume are marked by Stoker's fascination with the strange, the mysterious, and the deadly that made him a master of the genre.