Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic stage
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Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic stage
（The Palgrave Gothic series）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-188) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage re-appraises Stoker's key fictions in relation to his working life. It takes Stoker's work from the margins to centre stage, exploring how Victorian theatre's melodramatic and Gothic productions influenced his writing and thinking.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Setting the Scene 1. Stoker, Melodrama and the Gothic 2. Irving's Tempters and Stoker's Vanishing Ladies: Supernatural Production, Mesmeric Influence and Magical Illusion 3. Ellen Terry and the 'Bloofer Lady': Femininity and Fallenness 4. Gothic Weddings and Performing Vampires: Genevieve Ward and The Lady of the Shroud 5. The Lyceum's Macbeth and Stoker's Dracula Conclusion
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