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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... cultural and regional prejudices directed against a series of ostensibly lesser peoples and cultures . Originally , gothic " denoted to the Classical mind Germanic uncouthness and unrea- son " ( xvii ) , but over time , the term came to ...
... cultural break with the past , for it demanded neither a formal education nor even basic literacy " ( 2-3 ) . Thus the whole citizenry , the gentry through the lowest paid semi- illiterate worker , could be made aware of recent domestic ...
... cultural meaning of Ireland and Irishness . In this local subgenre the social and psychic fears that had been mobilized in the uncanny scenarios of English writers like Ann Radcliffe and Matthew ' Monk ' Lewis were subtly inflected into ...
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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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