Bram stoker : centenary essays / Jarlath Killeen, editor.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.

Stoker, Bram.

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912--Criticism and interpretation.

Popular literature--England--History and criticism.

Popular literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

England.

English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Irish authors.

Ireland--In literature.

Ireland.

Horror tales, English--History and criticism.

Horror tales, English.

Physical Description:

206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts, [2014]

Summary:

Despite his vampire creation, Dracula, being world-famous, and in spite of a host of academic studies of the novel in which this vampire first appeared, Bram Stoker himself remains a figure shrouded in darkness, and his other writings are virtually unknown and ignored. This collection addresses this large gap. The main aim of the collection is to read Stoker in the round, expanding the critical focus away from an exclusive obsession with Dracula and taking account of the full extent of Stoker's writing, from his other Gothic novels, The lair of the White Worm and The Snake's Pass, to his short stories and journalism, and his romances Miss Betty, Lady Athlyne, and The Shoulder of Shasta. Where Dracula is considered, new scholarship is presented by the leading experts on that novel. The collection assesses Stoker's relationship to late nineteenth-century Ireland - especially Dublin - address his status as an 'Irish' writer of substance. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Bram Stoker: the child that went with the fairies / David J. Skal Skal, David J. 37

2 Bram Stoker: the facts and the fictions / Paul Murray Murray, Paul 56

3 Bram Stoker: a man of notes / Elizabeth Miller Miller, Elizabeth 73

4 Bram Stoker: Ireland and beyond / Carol A. Senf Senf, Carol A. 87

5 The shoulder of Shasta: Bram Stoker's California romance / Andrew J. Caravel, SJ Caravel, Andrew J., SJ 103

6 'Rumours of the Great Plague': medicine, mythology and the memory of the Sligo cholera in Bram Stoker's Under the sunset / William Hughes Hughes, William 114

7 'The sport of opposite forces': Bram Stoker's generational anxiety / David Floyd Floyd, David 131

8 'See how the bog can preserve': bogs, snakes and Irish stereotypes The snake's pass / Valeria Cavalli Cavalli, Valeria 147

9 The lair of the white worm; or, what became of Bram Stoker? / Darryl Jones Jones, Darryl 163

10 Mr Stoker's holiday / Christopher Frayling Frayling, Christopher 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1846824079

9781846824074

OCLC:

827974021