Dracula (Eireann Press)

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  • Dracula
  • is
  • an
  • 1897
  • novel
  • by
  • Irish
  • author
  • Bram
  • Stoker,
  • featuring
  • as
  • its
  • primary
  • antagonist
  • the
  • vampire
  • Count
  • Dracula.
  • Dracula
  • has
  • been
  • attributed
  • to
  • many
  • literary
  • genres
  • including
  • vampire
  • literature,
  • horror
  • fiction,
  • the
  • gothic
  • novel
  • and
  • invasion
  • literature.
  • Structurally
  • it
  • is
  • an
  • epistolary
  • novel,
  • that
  • is,
  • told
  • as
  • a
  • series
  • of
  • diary
  • entries
  • and
  • letters.
  • Literary
  • critics
  • have
  • examined
  • many
  • themes
  • in
  • the
  • novel,
  • such
  • as
  • the
  • role
  • of
  • women
  • in
  • Victorian
  • culture,
  • conventional
  • and
  • conservative
  • sexuality,
  • immigration,
  • colonialism,
  • postcolonialism
  • and
  • folklore.
  • Although
  • Stoker
  • did
  • not
  • invent
  • the
  • vampire,
  • the
  • novel's
  • influence
  • on
  • the
  • popularity
  • of
  • vampires
  • has
  • been
  • singularly
  • responsible
  • for
  • many
  • theatrical
  • and
  • film
  • interpretations
  • throughout
  • the
  • 20th
  • and
  • 21st centuries.
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