Dracula and the Eastern Question: British and French Vampire Narratives of the Nineteenth-Century Near East

by Matthew Gibson

This book sets the writings of Merimee, Le Fanu, Stoker and Verne in the context in which they were written - namely the response to Balkan, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian politics. Gibson analyzes their works to reveal that the vampire acts as an allegory of the Near East through which constitutes a challenge to the 'orientalism' argument of today.

Genres: Vampires

239 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Jorun Bork · Rating 3 out of 5]

A compelling reading of vampire tales.