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Fiction Classics

Dracula

The Postcolonial Edition

by (author) Bram Stoker

edited by Cristina Artenie & Dragos Moraru

Publisher
Universitas Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2016
Category
Classics, Gothic & Romance, Literary
Recommended Age
12 to 18
Recommended Grade
7 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780993995194
    Publish Date
    Feb 2016
    List Price
    $29.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780995029101
    Publish Date
    Feb 2016
    List Price
    $62.00

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Description

This innovative critical edition, edited by Dracula specialist Cristina Artenie and literary theory specialist Dragos Moraru, is the first postcolonial edition of Bram Stoker’s gothic classic. Jonathan Harker’s colonial adventure and Bram Stoker’s imperialist discourse are restored to their original context: British economic and political involvement in East-Central Europe. This edition relies both on British and Romanian sources and exposes the cultural appropriation and distortion of Romanian history and folklore. Among the many issues raised by the editors is the superimposition of the vampire onto Romanian beliefs. This edition avoids misinformation perpetuated by the previous editions of Dracula published during the last four decades.

About the authors

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel, Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.

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