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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... chief heir of the sick man of Europe [ Turkey ] . It was feared in England that Russia's control of the Straits would endanger Britain's Levantine trade , her naval power in the Mediterranean , and her posi- tion in India . It might ...
... foreign soil since the battle of Waterloo some forty years earlier . Moreover , the general designated as commander in chief , the sixty - five- year - old Lord Raglan , the Duke of Wellington's One - Russophobia and the Crimean War 39.
... Chief of Ambulance of the Red Crescent and had been in the last convoy into Plevna and had brought to Philioppoplis all the Turkish wounded from the battle at the Schipka Pass , and had had about as much experience in the handling of ...
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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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