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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... Crimean War enters his consciousness . His wife , the daughter of Lt. Colonel James Balcombe , late of the Indian colonial army and veteran of the Crimean War , was named for Florence Nightingale ( Belford 83-84 ) , a figure who helped ...
... Crimean War and those the conflict was thought to have engendered , namely the real and imagined dangers posed by ... Crimean War and of the social changes resulting from the war . When the Crimean War began in 1854 , Stoker was seven ...
... War : The Consequences of the Crimean War and Post - Crimean Russophobia Besides advanced weapons and modes of transportation , what made the Crimean War " the first war of the modern era " ( Lalumia xx ) were tech- nological ...
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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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