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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... ( Hopkirk 301 ) , commercial and geopolitical concerns motivated them : it Foremost was the fear of the British getting there first and monopolising the region's trade . Russian merchants and manufacturers had long had their eyes on the ...
... Hopkirk 407 ) . Russian skullduggery and the threat of a fate similar to that of Geok- Tepe eventually led the Turkomans of Merv to accept annexation by Rus- sia in 1884 ( Hopkirk 411-414 ) . Shortly thereafter , in 1885 , Russian and ...
... ( Hop- kirk 444-446 ) . Curzon's investigations convinced him that Russia's ulti- mate goal was the conquest of all of Asia and that Britain must oppose Russian expansion in Central Asia ( Hopkirk 504 ) . Adopting a Forward School stance ...
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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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