The Critical Response to Bram Stoker
Published on 30. December 1993
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-313-28527-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume collects some of the most significant critical responses to the works of Bram Stoker, a writer best known in our time as the author of Dracula. But Stoker wrote other works as well, and he responded to many of the issues that concerned Victorian England and which continue to concern the present-day reader. The introduction to the volume places Stoker in the larger context of the literature of his time and discusses his variety of works. Each section that follows is devoted to one of Stoker's works. Within each section are representative samples of criticism, ranging from the Victorian era to the present day. A selected bibliography concludes the volume. Through this book, Stoker emerges not only as a significant writer of horror fiction, but also as a writer concerned with the role of women in society, the social impact of science and technology, and the impact of racial and ethnic issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-28527-1 (9780313285271)
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CAROL A. SENF is an Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has written a book on the vampire in nineteenth-century British fiction, and her articles have appeared in College English, the New Orleans Review, and Victorian Studies.
Content
Series Foreword by Cameron Northouse
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Stoker's Life, 1847-1912
Introduction
Under the Sunset
Review in the Spectator (1881)
Review in Punch (1881)
Joseph S. Bierman, "Dracula: Prolonged Childhood Illness" (1972)
The Snake's Pass
Review in Punch (1890)
Review in the Athenaeum (1890)
The Watter's Mou'
Review in Punch (1895)
Review in the Anthenaeum (1895)
Review in the Nation (1896)
The Shoulder of Shasta
Review in the Athenaeum (1895)
Review in the Spectator (1896)
Dracula
Review in the Anthenaeum (1897)
Review in the Spectator (1897)
Review in the Bookman (1897)
Royce MacGillivray, "Bram Stoker's Spoiled Masterpiece" (1972)
William Patrick Day, In the Circles of Fear and Desire (1985)
John L. Greenway, "Seward's Folly: Dracula as a Critique of 'Normal Science' (1986)
Stephen D. Arata, "The Occidental Tourist (1990)
Miss Betty
Review in Punch (1898)
Review in the Athenaeum (1898)
Review in the Bookman (1898)
The Mystery of the Sea
Review in the Dial (1902)
Review in Punch (1902)
Review in the Bookman (1902)
The Jewel of Seven Stars
Review in Harper's (1904)
Nina Auerbach, Woman and the Demon (1982)
Phyllis A. Roth, Bram Stoker (1982)
The Man
Review in Punch (1905)
Review in the Bookman (U.K., 1905)
"A Girl by the Name of Stephen" (1908)
Review in the Nation (1908)
Review in the Bookman (U.S., 1908)
Phyllis A. Roth, Bram Stoker (1982)
Daniel P. Pick, "'Terrors of the Night'" (1988)
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving
"Two Actors" (1906)
"Irving as Man and Actor" (1906)
"Mr. Stoker's Irving" (1906)
Review in Blackwood's Magazine (1906)
Review in the Bookman (1906)
"The Intimate Life of Sir Henry Irving" (1906)
"Four Biographies" (1906)
"Bram Stoker's 'Irving'" (1906)
Review in Putnam's (1906)
Ellen Terry, The Story of My Life (1908)
Obituary of Bram Stoker (1912)
The Lady of the Shroud
"Bram Stoker's Latest Novel" (1910)
Carol A. Senf, "Stoker's Successor to Dracula" (1990)
Famous Impostors
Review in the Independent (1911)
Review in the Spectator (1911)
Review in the Dial (1911)
Review in the Athenaeum (1911)
Review in Punch (1911)
Review in the Bookman (1911)
Review in the Literary Digest (1911)
Review in the Saturday Review (1911)
The Lair of the White Worm
Review in the Times Literary Supplement (1911)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature (1939)
Leonard Wolf, A Dream of Dracula (1972)
Daniel Farson, The Man Who Wrote Dracula (1975)
Gregory A. Waller, The Living and the Undead (1985)
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Stoker's Life, 1847-1912
Introduction
Under the Sunset
Review in the Spectator (1881)
Review in Punch (1881)
Joseph S. Bierman, "Dracula: Prolonged Childhood Illness" (1972)
The Snake's Pass
Review in Punch (1890)
Review in the Athenaeum (1890)
The Watter's Mou'
Review in Punch (1895)
Review in the Anthenaeum (1895)
Review in the Nation (1896)
The Shoulder of Shasta
Review in the Athenaeum (1895)
Review in the Spectator (1896)
Dracula
Review in the Anthenaeum (1897)
Review in the Spectator (1897)
Review in the Bookman (1897)
Royce MacGillivray, "Bram Stoker's Spoiled Masterpiece" (1972)
William Patrick Day, In the Circles of Fear and Desire (1985)
John L. Greenway, "Seward's Folly: Dracula as a Critique of 'Normal Science' (1986)
Stephen D. Arata, "The Occidental Tourist (1990)
Miss Betty
Review in Punch (1898)
Review in the Athenaeum (1898)
Review in the Bookman (1898)
The Mystery of the Sea
Review in the Dial (1902)
Review in Punch (1902)
Review in the Bookman (1902)
The Jewel of Seven Stars
Review in Harper's (1904)
Nina Auerbach, Woman and the Demon (1982)
Phyllis A. Roth, Bram Stoker (1982)
The Man
Review in Punch (1905)
Review in the Bookman (U.K., 1905)
"A Girl by the Name of Stephen" (1908)
Review in the Nation (1908)
Review in the Bookman (U.S., 1908)
Phyllis A. Roth, Bram Stoker (1982)
Daniel P. Pick, "'Terrors of the Night'" (1988)
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving
"Two Actors" (1906)
"Irving as Man and Actor" (1906)
"Mr. Stoker's Irving" (1906)
Review in Blackwood's Magazine (1906)
Review in the Bookman (1906)
"The Intimate Life of Sir Henry Irving" (1906)
"Four Biographies" (1906)
"Bram Stoker's 'Irving'" (1906)
Review in Putnam's (1906)
Ellen Terry, The Story of My Life (1908)
Obituary of Bram Stoker (1912)
The Lady of the Shroud
"Bram Stoker's Latest Novel" (1910)
Carol A. Senf, "Stoker's Successor to Dracula" (1990)
Famous Impostors
Review in the Independent (1911)
Review in the Spectator (1911)
Review in the Dial (1911)
Review in the Athenaeum (1911)
Review in Punch (1911)
Review in the Bookman (1911)
Review in the Literary Digest (1911)
Review in the Saturday Review (1911)
The Lair of the White Worm
Review in the Times Literary Supplement (1911)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature (1939)
Leonard Wolf, A Dream of Dracula (1972)
Daniel Farson, The Man Who Wrote Dracula (1975)
Gregory A. Waller, The Living and the Undead (1985)
Selected Bibliography
Index