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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... nineteenth century . Travel literature also played a significant role in fomenting Russopho- bia among nineteenth century English readers . Paul Fussell , in his 1980 study Abroad : British Literary Traveling Between the Wars , posits ...
... century , and in the position held by the Anglican Church as the established Church of Ireland . Both sites of privilege , land and church , came under assault in the last thirty years of the nineteenth century [ 35 ] . Stoker , who was ...
... nineteenth century . The two superpowers were " expansionist and their relationship hostile ” ( Gillard 2 ) , a sure ... century . The “ Great Game ” would periodically bring to the fore the Russophobic tendencies in Britain that ...
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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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