Dracula
By: With an introduction and notes by Maud Ellmann.
Contributors: Ellmann, Maud, 1954-
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780192833860
Subjects: Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Vampires -- Fiction; Transylvania (Romania) -- Fiction; Whitby (England) -- Fiction
Description: Bram Stoker's classic vampire story has haunted and disturbed the modern imagination for a hundred years. Set in Transylvania, London, and Whitby, it pits the sinister but seductive Count Dracula against a team of vampire-hunters armed only with typewriters, phonographs, and syringes. They must obstruct his plan to conquer London before the forces of madness and depravity overwhelm them all.

Vividly presented in the form of diaries and letters, the narrative blends ancient superstitions with modern technologies, and pulsates with obsessive fears of foreignness and sexuality. Blood, information, and hypnotic energy circulate furiously among the characters until the tale reaches its violent climax. This new edition has an introduction and bibliography which draw on the latest scholarship, and detailed notes which explain literary, geographical, and technological allusions in the novel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxx]-xxxii).