Dracula

Dracula by Bram Stoker When Jonathan Harker visits
Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a
London house he makes a series of horrific discoveries
about his client. Soon afterwards various bizarre
incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship
is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman
discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the
inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the Master and his
imminent arrival. In Dracula Bram Stoker created one of
the great masterpieces of the horror genre brilliantly
evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters
and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian
sexuality and desire. This Norton Critical Edition
includes a rich selection of background and source
materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable
inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James
Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a
discussion of Stokers working notes for the novel and
Draculas Guest the original opening chapter to Dracula.
Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the
novel. Dramatic and Film Variations focuses on theater and
film adaptations of Dracula two indications of the novels
unwavering appeal. David J. Skal Gregory A. Waller and
Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists
of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.
Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of
Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth Carol A. Senf Franco Moretti
Christopher Craft Bram Dijkstra Stephen D. Arata and Talia
Schaffer. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are
included.