Bram Stoker and the Gothic: Formations to Transformations (Palgrave Gothic)
Formations to Transformations (Palgrave Gothic)
Bram Stoker and the Gothic: Formations to Transformations (Palgrave Gothic)
Author: Catherine WynnePublisher: Palgrave MacmillanCategory: Literary Studies: General, Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900, Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Media Studies, Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects, Industry & Industrial Studies, Science: General IssuesBook Format: Paperback'My revenge is just begun! I spread it over centuries, and time is on my side,' warns Dracula. This statement is descriptive of the Gothic genre. Like the Count, the Gothic encompasses and has manifested itself in many forms. Bram Stoker and the Gothic demonstrates how Dracula marks a key moment in the transformation of the Gothic. Harking back to early Gothic's preoccupation with the supernatural, decayed aristocracy and incarceration in gloomy castles, the novel speaks to its own time, but has also transformed the genre, a revitalization that continues to sustain the Gothic today. This collection explores the formations of the Gothic, the relationship between Stoker's work and some of his Gothic predecessors, such as Poe and Wollstonecraft, presents new readings of Stoker's fiction and probes the influences of his cultural circle, before concluding by examining aspects of Gothic transformation from Daphne du Maurier to Stoker's own 'reincarnation' in fiction and biography. Bram Stoker and the Gothic testifies to Stoker's centrality to the Gothic genre. Like Dracula, Stoker's 'revenge' shows no sign of abating.
Edited By Catherine Wynne
Table Of Contents
Introduction: Catherine Wynne 1. On the origins of the Gothic Novel: From Old Norse to Otranto; Martin Arnold 2. Wollstonecraft's Wrongs of Woman to Stoker's Dracula: You've Come a Long Way Baby, or Have You?; Bettina Tate Pedersen 3. Stoker, Poe, and American Gothic in 'The Squaw'; Kevin Corstorphine 4. Bram Stoker and Gothic Transylvania; Marius-Mircea Cri?an 5. 'Labours of Their Own': Property, Blood, and the Szgany in Dracula; Abby Bardi 6. Invasions Real and Imagined: Stoker's Gothic Narratives; Carol A. Senf 7. 'Gay motes that people the sunbeams': Dust, Death and Degeneration in Dracula; Victoria Samantha Dawson 8. The Imprint of the Mother: Bram Stoker's 'The Squaw and The Jewel of Seven Stars; Sara Williams 9. 'Empire of the Air': Ireland, Aerial Warfare and Futurist Gothic; Luke Gibbons 10. Bram Stoker, Ellen Terry, Pamela Colman Smith and the Art of Devilry; Katharine Cockin 11. 'Beyond Hommy-Beg': Hall Caine's Place in Dracula; Richard Storer 12. The Du Mauriers and Stoker: Gothic Transformations of Whitby and Cornwall; Catherine Wynne 13. The Un-Death of the Author: The Fictional Afterlife of Bram Stoker; William Hughes 14. Gallants, Ghosts, & Gargoyles: Illustrating the Gothic Tale; Jef MurrayAbout Catherine Wynne
Catherine Wynne is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Hull, UK. She is the author of Bram Stoker, Dracula, and the Victorian Gothic Stage (2013) and the editor of Bram Stoker: Reviews, Reminiscences, Essays and Fiction, 2 volumes (2012). In 2012, she organized the Bram Stoker Centenary Conference at the University of Hull and at Whitby to mark the centenary of Stoker's death.| SKU | BK-9781137465030 |
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| Brand | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Artist / Author | Catherine Wynne |
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