Dracula
By: edited by Andrew Elfenbein
Contributors: Elfenbein, Andrew
Series: Longman Cultural Edition
Publisher: Longman
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780205632633
Description: From Longman's Cultural Edition series, this new edition of Dracula, edited by Andrew Elfenbein, recovers the cultural complexity of Bram Stoker's tale and offers a wide array of contextualizing documents, including contemporary reviews and articles about Eastern Europe, science, gender, and media. From Twilight to True Blood, no creation from the British 1890s has a larger profile in contemporary culture than Dracula. Rather than tracing Dracula through all his later incarnations, this edition offers ways to understand the late Victorian origins of Bram Stoker's remarkable book. While Dracula never simply reflects contemporary trends, reading it with knowledge of contemporary events and debates can clarify what may otherwise seem puzzling. Throughout, Stoker emphasizes that his vampire story takes place not in a hazy, fictional past, but in a sharply realized England of the 1890s. The materials in the sections of Cultural Contexts illuminate the references to Victorian culture in Stoker's version of this seemingly timeless story.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.