Dracula and the Eastern Question : British and French Vampire Narratives of the Nineteenth-Century Near East
2006 ed.
by
M. Gibson
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1403994773
ISBN-13
9781403994776
Edition
2006 ed.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 14th, 2006
Print length
231 Pages
Weight
410 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.40 x 2.40 cms
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This book sets the writings of Merimee, Le Fanu, Stoker and Verne in the context in which they were written - namely the response to Balkan, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian politics. Gibson analyzes their works to reveal that the vampire acts as an allegory of the Near East through which constitutes a challenge to the 'orientalism' argument of today.
Recent politically based works on the vampire novel have been orientated towards Irish or postcolonial contexts. In this work Matthew Gibson couches the work of Mérimée, Polidori, Le Fanu, Stoker and Verne in the immediate and specific context in which their works were written - namely the right response to the Balkan, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian politics. While tracing the views and opinions of the writers themselves, he also analyzes their works to reveal that the vampire acts as an allegory of the Near East through which they suggest (rather than avow) frequently unorthodox views, which are a challenge to critics who profess the ''orientalism'' argument popular today.
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