Vampires, Mummies and Liberals by David Glover
Reconstructs the cultural and political world that gave birth to Dracula. This book argues that Dracula should be read as a text torn between the stances of the colonizer and the colonized, unable to accept or reject the racialised images of backwardness that dogged debates about Irish nationhood. It is suitable for scholars of Victorian fiction.
“ExcellentIn Vampires, Mummies, and Liberals Glover finally elaborates on the multiple and multiplying contradictions that emerge among the shifting political, racial, and sexual discourses with which Stoker’s works constantly intersect.”—David Lloyd, University of California, Berkeley
“Glover’s Stoker is far more interesting than the more typical sensationalized portraits of the author as vampire-wanna-be and more convincing than some of the fanciful and speculative interpretations of recent literary critics. Beautifully written, this is a study of considerable complexity and unfailing intelligence.”—Mary Poovey, Johns Hopkins University
“Glover’s Stoker is far more interesting than the more typical sensationalized portraits of the author as vampire-wanna-be and more convincing than some of the fanciful and speculative interpretations of recent literary critics. Beautifully written, this is a study of considerable complexity and unfailing intelligence.”—Mary Poovey, Johns Hopkins University
David Glover is Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822317982 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822317982 |
| Title | Vampires, Mummies and Liberals |
| Author | David Glover |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 1996-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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