Dracula - Hardcover
Originally published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula has spawned countless new editions, inspired over 50 films, and hundreds of reimaginings. The iconic and terrifying character of Stoker's imagination has permeated our conciousness in such away that Dracula is the seminal vampire of popular culture.
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Dracula is one of the few horror books to be honored by inclusion in the Norton Critical Edition series. (The others are Frankenstein, The Turn of the Screw, Heart of Darkness, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Metamorphosis.) This 100th-anniversary edition includes not only the complete authoritative text of the novel with illuminating footnotes, but also four contextual essays, five reviews from the time of publication, five articles on dramatic and film variations, and seven selections from literary and academic criticism. Nina Auerbach of the University of Pennsylvania (author of Our Vampires, Ourselves) and horror scholar David J. Skal (author of Hollywood Gothic, The Monster Show, and Screams of Reason) are the editors of the volume. Especially fascinating are excerpts from materials that Bram Stoker consulted in his research for the book, and his working papers over the several years he was composing it. The selection of criticism includes essays on how Dracula deals with female sexuality, gender inversion, homoerotic elements, and Victorian fears of "reverse colonization" by politically turbulent Transylvania.
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While serving as actor Henry Irving's business manager at the Lyceum Theatre in London, Bram Stoker (1847-1912) also pursued his literary interests. In this Gothic horror novel of 1897, which brought him international fame, he presents the chilling vampire Count Dracula, modelled in part on Irving's powerful personality.
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- PublisherConstable
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1780330111
- ISBN 13 9781780330112
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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Dracula ***Special Limited Edition Facsimile of the 1897 First Edition*** ***No. 0170 of 1000 Limited Edition Copies***
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Constable & Robinson, London
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ISBN 10: 1780330111
ISBN 13: 9781780330112
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Facsimile numbered limited edition of the 1897 first edition (this being no. 0170 of 1000 copies) to commemorate the centenary of the author's death. Hardback copy in yellow cloth boards with red lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket as issued. Housed in red cloth slipcase. In special presentation outer box. Untrimmed page edges. Complete with facsimile of the contract between Bram Stoker and his publisher. Not library copy, no inscriptions. Light indentation to rear outer box, small red dot near front spine edge. (27/7). Seller Inventory # ABE-1700240367053
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