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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... half - disdainful awareness of outsiders " ( 74 ) . Some years later , in his anthology The Norton Book of Travel , Fussell writes , " Successful travel literature mediates between two poles : The individual physical things it describes ...
... half renewed , for the white hair and moustache were changed to iron - grey ; the cheeks were fuller , and the white skin seemed ruby - red underneath ; the mouth was redder than ever , for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood , which ...
... half - hour journey from Castle Vissarion ( L 182 ) . Here , also , Voivodin Teuta , Voivode Peter Vissarion's daughter and princess of the realm and " in her own person the glory of the old Serb race " ( L 212 ) , hides from national ...
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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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