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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... Leatherdale , writing in 1985 , refutes suggestions that Vambery gave Stoker the name and background of Dracula . The working notes , Leatherdale contends , disprove the excessive credit attributed to Vambery : What is , finally , the ...
... Leatherdale , The Origins of Dracula 92-93 ) . 5. Elizabeth Miller , echoing Clive Leather- dale , categorically refutes the assumption , ad- vanced most famously by McNally and Flo- rescu , that Vlad Tepes ( a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler ) ...
... Leatherdale notes that the " nose has al- ways been a cultural indicator of inferiority or barbarity " ( Dracula Unearthed 473 ) . It should be remembered that Dracula has a similarly large and hooked nose . 33. As with Jonathan's Kukri ...
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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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