Who Is Dracula's Father?
And Other Puzzles in Bram Stoker's Gothic Masterpiece
Published on 2. November 2017
208 pages
978-1-78578-298-5 (ISBN)
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When it was first published in 1897 - 120 years ago - Irish author Bram Stoker's Dracula was ranked by the Daily Mail above work by Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Wuthering Heights. Yet it never made
Stoker any money.
Since 1931's film Nosferatu the Vampire, however, it has never been out of print and is legendary among fans of the dark, macabre and mysterious ...
Critic John Sutherland, a Dracula fan since childhood - and author of the literary puzzle classics Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre be Happy? explores the enigmas and puzzles of this towering giant of gothic
novels, such as:
Who was Dracula's father? Why does the Count come to England? Does the Count actually give Jonathan a 'love bite'? Why does every country we know of have a vampire legend? And finally - how long is it before we're all vampires?
The book also includes 'Dracula Digested' by John Crace, author of the Guardian's Digested Reads column.
Stoker any money.
Since 1931's film Nosferatu the Vampire, however, it has never been out of print and is legendary among fans of the dark, macabre and mysterious ...
Critic John Sutherland, a Dracula fan since childhood - and author of the literary puzzle classics Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre be Happy? explores the enigmas and puzzles of this towering giant of gothic
novels, such as:
Who was Dracula's father? Why does the Count come to England? Does the Count actually give Jonathan a 'love bite'? Why does every country we know of have a vampire legend? And finally - how long is it before we're all vampires?
The book also includes 'Dracula Digested' by John Crace, author of the Guardian's Digested Reads column.
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John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at University College London and an eminent scholar in the field of Victorian fiction, author of many works including The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. He has also written the bestselling popular titles Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre be Happy?, and such scholarly jeux d'esprit as Curiosities of Literature.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Who is Dracula's father?
- Is Count Dracula the great Impaler incarnate?
- How dead is Dracula?
- Bram Stoker (1847-1912), a short biography
- What colour is Dracula's moustache?
- Quincey P. Morris: vampire?
- Where did Dracula's (English-speaking?) harem come from?
- Who washes Dracula's pinafore?
- Why does Van Helsing swear in German?
- J.S. Le Fanu's Carmilla (1872)
- Why does the bloofer lady target children?
- Why did Henry Irving not bite?
- Nosferatu? What does that mean?
- Why does Dracula take risks? (Dr Freud explains)
- What do Stoker's notes tell us?
- How much German does Jonathan speak?
- Why Whitby?
- What is the point of R.M. Renfield?
- Why are the Gypsies so loyal to Dracula?
- What else was happening in 1893?
- Dracula: a chronological plot summary
- What happened in Munich?
- Why is Stoker's vampire aristocratic?
- Who invented the Dracula tux?
- How rich is Dracula?
- Why won't Dracula let Jonathan go home?
- Whose face does Jonathan remember?
- Is Dracula's blood warm?
- Why are Dracula's palms hirsute?
- Is Dracula gay?
- What is 'Carfax'?
- Where would you find a 'gesunder' in Dracula?
- Why is Dracula so interested in blue flames?
- How does Vampire Lucy escape from a lead-lined coffin?
- Where have all the vampires gone?
- Coincidence, or something else?
- How ordinary a vampire is Count Dracula?
- Is Van Helsing's giant spider real?
- Appendix: Dracula Digested
- Copyright
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