Bram Stoker and Russophobia: Evidence of the British Fear of Russia in Dracula and The Lady of the ShroudMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2006年4月18日 - 203 頁 In Victorian England, a marked fear of Russia prevailed in the government and the public. As a result of the Crimean War and other Russian threats to the British empire, the English mind was haunted by a shadowy enemy of barbarous Eastern invaders. The influence of this Russophobia is evident in the works of Bram Stoker, who responded to the Russian challenge to British Imperial hegemony through the character of Dracula, a primitive and menacing Eastern figure destroyed by warriors pledged to the Crown. The text investigates the role of Russophobia in Stoker's fiction, particularly his novels Dracula and The Lady of the Shroud. It offers historical information about Russophobia and the Crimean War, considers Slavic and Balkan connections, and analyzes Stoker's vampire themes. The resulting work shows how two nations' histories intertwine in an unexpected literary avenue. Illustrations include numerous political cartoons of the era. |
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... Arminius Vambery . In 1861 , disguised as a Muslim holy man , Vambery commenced a series of extensive travels in Central Asia to seek the origins of the Magyars , the ancestral inhabitants of Hungary . An adroit student of languages ...
... Arminius Vambery in Budapest " for information about Voivoide Drakula , a figure Stoker had come across in his research for the novel . Vambery , in Ludlam's account , provided a host of details : Vambery was able to report that " the ...
... Vambery connection is that all the important information in the novel con- cerning Dracula , or vampires in general , and which is attributed in Dracula to Arminius , can be found in the books and articles listed in Stoker's notes ...
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ONE Russophobia and the Crimean War | 13 |
The Consequences of the Crimean | 48 |
Righting Old Wrongs and Displacing New Fears | 118 |
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