Discusses Vlad the Impaler, the historical person behind Count Dracula, describes how Bram Stoker came to write his famous novel about him, and examines how the character has been portrayed on stage and screen.
Includes the "missing" first chapter of Dracula, fully annotated with facts and legends about Dracula, Transylvania, and vampires with an introductory essay and traces the literary history of the vampire novel.
Discusses Vlad the Impaler, the historical person behind Count Dracula, describes how Bram Stoker came to write his famous novel about him, and examines how the character has been portrayed on stage and screen.
authoritative text, contexts, reviews and reactions, dramatic and film variations, criticism
Stoker, Bram
1997
Presents the text of the 1897 novel about the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, who is revealed as a vampire, and includes a selection of background and source materials, as well as seven critical essays.
Collects critical essays on Bram Stoker's "Dracula, " including selections by Juliet Lapidos, Jimmie E. Cain, Jr., David Glover, and others; and includes a chronology of the life of the author.
