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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... write Dracula , Stoker consulted a number of relatively contemporaneous documents about the geography , peoples , and customs of Eastern Europe . ' Excerpts from most of these sources are ... writes that toward the Four - Dracula 119.
... writes that toward the end of the seventh century , a nation , known under the names of Slaves and Bulgarians , came from the interior of Russia to that part of Maesia , which has since been called Bulgaria . Soon after a great number ...
... writes that the " mother / child relationship is often picked up in the vampire fantasies to focus monstrosity of the women ; the children become the victims of their moth- ers ' or other womens ' infection . Where Drac- ula ...
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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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