Bram Stoker - Dracula [Hardcover]

This comprehensive survey of the critical response toDraculaprovides an overview of the trends and development of work surrounding the novel. The critics and approaches discussed range from the earliest studies to the present day, with particular emphasis on biography, psychoanalysis, postcolonialism, Irish studies and gender.

WILLIAM HUGHES is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University, UK. He is the co-compiler of the authoritataive Bram Stoker: A Bibliography (2004) and editor of the journal Gothic Studies. His previous publications also include Beyond Dracula (2000) and the co-edited volume Bram Stoker: History, Psychoanalysis and the Gothic (1998), both of which are published by Palgrave Macmillan.
WILLIAM HUGHES is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University, UK. He is the co-compiler of the authoritataive Bram Stoker: A Bibliography (2004) and editor of the journal Gothic Studies. His previous publications also include Beyond Dracula (2000) and the co-edited volume Bram Stoker: History, Psychoanalysis and the Gothic (1998), both of which are published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Psychoanalysis and Psychobiography: The Troubled Unconsciousness of Dracula
Medicine, Mind and Body: ThePhysiological Study of Dracula
Invasion and Empire: The Racialand Colonial Politics of Dracula
Landlords and Disputed Territories: Dracula and Irish Studies
Assertive Women andGay Men: Gender Studies and Dracula
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.