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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... king . Peter's argument for Rupert's ascension to the throne reveals the impe- rial agenda of the novel , the fantasy of a compliant British client state in the Balkans : He comes of a great nation , wherein the principle of freedom is ...
... King , Mourning his Mother : The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lady of the Shroud . " Bram Stoker : History , Psychoanalysis and the Gothic . Ed . William Hughes and Andrew Smith . London : Macmillan , 1998. 134–50 . Hopkirk , Peter ...
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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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