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Untangling Late-Victorian Anxieties: Hair Symbolism In Dracula, Nancy Rosenberg England Jan 2018

Untangling Late-Victorian Anxieties: Hair Symbolism In Dracula, Nancy Rosenberg England

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Gender And The Apotropaic In Charles Keeping's Illustrations To Dracula, Alice Mills Jan 2018

Gender And The Apotropaic In Charles Keeping's Illustrations To Dracula, Alice Mills

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Beast(S) Of Burden: Animal Anxiety In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Lindsey Kurz Jan 2018

Beast(S) Of Burden: Animal Anxiety In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Lindsey Kurz

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Why Can't They Let A Girl Marry One Man?: The Origins Of Lucy Westenra's Suitors, Leah Davydov Jan 2018

Why Can't They Let A Girl Marry One Man?: The Origins Of Lucy Westenra's Suitors, Leah Davydov

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Anatomy Of The Victorian Vampire: Bodily Imaginings In Four Pre-Stoker Texts, Jane Kubiesa Jan 2018

Anatomy Of The Victorian Vampire: Bodily Imaginings In Four Pre-Stoker Texts, Jane Kubiesa

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


The Science Of Degeneration In Stoker’S Dracula And Wells’ The Island Of Dr. Moreau, Alessandra Albano Jan 2018

The Science Of Degeneration In Stoker’S Dracula And Wells’ The Island Of Dr. Moreau, Alessandra Albano

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Recording Angels: Examining Female Narrators In Vampire Fiction And Film, Jacqueline T. Bashaw Apr 2017

Recording Angels: Examining Female Narrators In Vampire Fiction And Film, Jacqueline T. Bashaw

College Honors Program

Authors of vampire fiction often grapple with the shifting gender norms of the late nineteenth century. They explore these shifting tensions through the creation of complex narrative structures, some of which incorporate female narrators. By making these women narrators, these authors carefully consider female perspectives and the authority women can wield, both as narrators in their respective texts, and as women in late nineteenth-century British society who were confined to rigid gender roles. The narrative tension that arises between the narrator and the text then allows these authors to use literature to explore and theorize about broader societal tensions.

This …


Revamping Dracula On The Mexican Silver In Fernando Méndez’S El Vampiro, Carmen Serrano Jan 2016

Revamping Dracula On The Mexican Silver In Fernando Méndez’S El Vampiro, Carmen Serrano

Languages, Literatures and Cultures Faculty Scholarship

This chapter explores Mexican vampire movies of the 1950s and follows the vampire’s journey from the Americas to Europe and back in order to analyze the ways in which the monster is articulated in each cultural context. The specific Mexican articulation of the vampire in Fernando Méndez’sEl vampiro is modeled after Hollywood films, yet the film carries nuanced meaning having to do with national identity and borders. In this film, the vampire is a menacing figure that arrives seeking to infect, invade, and conquer. At the same time, he is potentially a subversive other that transgresses borders and threatens …


Trio Of Terror, Lyz Reblin Sep 2014

Trio Of Terror, Lyz Reblin

e-Research: A Journal of Undergraduate Work

From the earliest silent films such as Georges Méliès' The Devil's Castle (1896) to the recent Twilight adaptation, the vampire genre, like the creatures it presents, has been resurrected throughout cinematic history. More than a hundred vampire films have been produced, along with over a dozen Dracula adaptations. The Count has even appeared in films not pertaining to Bram Stoker's original novel. He has been played by the likes of Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee (fourteen times) both John and David Carradine, and even Academy Award winner Gary Oldman. For as long as vampire movies have been made, Bram Stoker's Dracula …


Dracula's Truth Claim And Its Consequences, Hans De Roos Jan 2014

Dracula's Truth Claim And Its Consequences, Hans De Roos

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Beauties And Beasts Of Carmilla, Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, And Dracula, Shirley Ibach Jan 2014

Beauties And Beasts Of Carmilla, Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, And Dracula, Shirley Ibach

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


"The Blood In The Life!": Victorian Manifestations Of Porphyric Anxiety And Blooklust In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Ashley Szanter Jan 2014

"The Blood In The Life!": Victorian Manifestations Of Porphyric Anxiety And Blooklust In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Ashley Szanter

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Dracula's Colonized Tongue Speaks Through Fanged Teeth, Creighton Nicholas Brown Jan 2013

Dracula's Colonized Tongue Speaks Through Fanged Teeth, Creighton Nicholas Brown

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


A Very Victorian Feast: Food And The Importance Of Consumption In Modern Adaptations Of Dracula, S. Brooke Cameron, Suyin Olguin Jan 2013

A Very Victorian Feast: Food And The Importance Of Consumption In Modern Adaptations Of Dracula, S. Brooke Cameron, Suyin Olguin

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


The Publication Of Dracula, Paul S. Mcalduff Jan 2012

The Publication Of Dracula, Paul S. Mcalduff

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Healing Or Horrifying? Portrayals Of Victorian Medicine In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jennifer Miles Jan 2012

Healing Or Horrifying? Portrayals Of Victorian Medicine In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jennifer Miles

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Playing Vampire Games: Rules And Play In Varney The Vampire And Dracula, Lindsay Dearinger Jan 2012

Playing Vampire Games: Rules And Play In Varney The Vampire And Dracula, Lindsay Dearinger

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


"A Foreign Man In A Fog": Robert Siodmak, Lon Chaney Jr., And Son Of Dracula, Mark Bernard Jan 2012

"A Foreign Man In A Fog": Robert Siodmak, Lon Chaney Jr., And Son Of Dracula, Mark Bernard

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Between Reason And Faith: Breaking The Status Quo In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Erin Newcomb Jan 2011

Between Reason And Faith: Breaking The Status Quo In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Erin Newcomb

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Vampires Do(N’T) Exist: Using Past And Present Technologies To Make Dracula Real, Holly J. Mcbee Jan 2011

Vampires Do(N’T) Exist: Using Past And Present Technologies To Make Dracula Real, Holly J. Mcbee

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Sexing The Book: The Paratexts Of Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Brigitte Boudreau Jan 2011

Sexing The Book: The Paratexts Of Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Brigitte Boudreau

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


True Blood: The Vampire As A Multiracial Critique On Post-Race Ideology, Nicole Rabin Jan 2010

True Blood: The Vampire As A Multiracial Critique On Post-Race Ideology, Nicole Rabin

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


The Fear Of Castration And Male Dread Of Female Sexuality: The Theme Of The “Vagina Dentata” In Dracula, Laura Linneman Jan 2010

The Fear Of Castration And Male Dread Of Female Sexuality: The Theme Of The “Vagina Dentata” In Dracula, Laura Linneman

Journal of Dracula Studies

Bram Stoker’s Dracula reflects the Victorian fear of reverse colonization by the “Other” or the encroachment of the outsider on the British Empire as well as the repression of sexuality in Victorian England; however, there is one facet of the text that has never been fully explored: the inherent male fear of castration and feminine sexuality as well as its relationship to the “vagina dentata” motif. Furthermore, this dread of female sexuality has not been adequately explored in light of the novel’s historical context. Written during the rise of the New Woman, Stoker crafts a response to the increasing independence …


Our Lady Of The Telegraph: Mina As Medieval Cyborg In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Eric Brownell Jan 2010

Our Lady Of The Telegraph: Mina As Medieval Cyborg In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Eric Brownell

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Vamping Up Sex: Audience, Age, & Portrayals Of Sexuality In Vampire Narratives, Melissa Ames Jan 2010

Vamping Up Sex: Audience, Age, & Portrayals Of Sexuality In Vampire Narratives, Melissa Ames

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


All In The Family: A Retrospective Diagnosis Of R.M. Renfield In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Elizabeth Winter Jan 2010

All In The Family: A Retrospective Diagnosis Of R.M. Renfield In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Elizabeth Winter

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


When Was Dracula First Translated Into Romanian?, Duncan Light Jan 2009

When Was Dracula First Translated Into Romanian?, Duncan Light

Journal of Dracula Studies

Dracula is one of the world’s best-known books. The novel has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into about 30 languages (Melton). Yet, paradoxically, one of the countries where it is least known is Romania. The usual explanation given for this situation is Romania’s recent history, particularly the period of Communist Party rule (1947-1989). Dracula, with its emphasis on vampires and the supernatural, was apparently regarded as an unsuitable or inappropriate novel in a state founded on the materialist and “scientific” principles of Marxism. Hence, no translation of Stoker’s novel was permitted during the …


Mother Dearest, Mother Deadliest: Object Relations Theory And The Trope Of Failed Motherhood In Dracula, Brigitte Boudreau Jan 2009

Mother Dearest, Mother Deadliest: Object Relations Theory And The Trope Of Failed Motherhood In Dracula, Brigitte Boudreau

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Vixens And Virgins In The Nineteenth-Century Anglo-Irish Novel: Representations Of The Feminine In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Susan Parlour Jan 2009

Vixens And Virgins In The Nineteenth-Century Anglo-Irish Novel: Representations Of The Feminine In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Susan Parlour

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


The Models For Castle Dracula In Stoker's Sources On Transylvania, Marius Crisan Jan 2008

The Models For Castle Dracula In Stoker's Sources On Transylvania, Marius Crisan

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.