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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... late nineteenth century ( 227 ) . Imperial Gothic , as defined by Brantlinger , shares many qualities with what Kathleen Spencer identifies as " the ' romance revival ' of the 1880s and 1890s- more explicitly , the species of romance ...
... late 1880s ( Bedford 211-213 ) . Combined with his allegiance to English imperial hegemony and his sense as a late Victorian of the dangers to that hegemony , namely the denial of further colonial acquisitions by superpower politics and ...
... late eighteenth century . Also called into question after the war was the tradition of English patri- archy . Florence Nightingale , among others , challenged the authority of the male - dominated medical community and army command ...
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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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