Dracula: The Shade and the Shadow

by Elizabeth Russell Miller (Editor)

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Bram Stoker's Dracula, first published in 1897, continues to fascinate readers to this day. The novel's centenary was celebrated by an international assembly of scholars in Los Angeles. Elizabeth Miller, organiser of the Acdemic Program, has selected and edited twenty papers for this anthology.

While Dracula - fictional or historical - provides the central focus, this anthology offers the reader a rich diversity of approaches. These include new theories about Stoker's possible sources, explorations of Dracula in the Victorian context, commentaries on the historical Dracula, and fresh interpretations of the novel.

Dracula: The Shade and the Shadow makes a major contribution to the understanding of Stoker's masterpiece.

"I love the shade and the shadow, and would be alone with my thoughts when I may." Count Dracula.

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1998

About the author

From Wikipedia:
Elizabeth Russell Miller is Professor Emerita at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She currently resides in Toronto. In her early academic career, she focused on Newfoundland literature, primarily the life and work of her father, well-known Newfoundland author and humorist Ted Russell. Since 1990, her major field of research has been Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, its author, sources and influence.

Reviews

[Berna Labourdette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una serie de ensayos sobre la figura de Drácula que otorgan interesantes puntos de vista sobre todo en aspectos no muy abordados: el origen alemán de Van Helsing, la influencia de Rusia, el paralelismo con "La dama de blanco" de Wilkie Collins, el rol de los libros en la investigación de Stoker y mucho más. Para los fans, muy interesante. 

[Babar · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took quite sometimes to grasp this in depth analysis of Dracula as a book and character.

In my opinion if we start to connect the dots than everything is influenced by other and sometimes from each other so though I enjoyed reading this, it is my understanding that’s it’s an academic analysis and intentionally explaining details to deep that at some point reader starts to understand where it’s heading.