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imperialism

Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017

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‘It is also a study of British nationalism and imperialism’

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lucy

sue chaplin- Leeds met university

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‘Lucy’s psychological and, implicitly, sexual instability threaten to undermine domestic order’

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female sexuality

Phylis roth- ‘Bram Stoker’

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‘the novel appears derived from its hostility towards female sexuality’

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unknown

Roberts

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‘Dracula embodies the fear of the unknown’

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taboos

Punter and byron- ‘The Gothic’- 2004

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‘Dracula is above all concerned with the breaking of taboos’

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vampire

Wolf

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‘the vampire is the representative of the late 19th century’

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intersection

Stephen Arata- university of Virginia

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‘vampirism marks the intersection racial strife, political upheaval and the fall of empire’

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voluptuous

nilifer pektas- 2005

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three nosforatu ‘represent all the qualities that a woman should not be- voluptuous and sexually aggressive’

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individual desire

Carol Senf- ‘Dracula: between tradition and modernism 1998

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‘all characters that display individual desire are punished’

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synonymous

ray Cluely- horror writer

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‘female lust and vampirism appear synonymous’

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mina

sos eltis- Oxford university

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mina shows ‘restraint, courage and nervous strength’

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lucy

fred botting- 1994

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‘the fluid exchanges present a reverse sexuality’ (Lucy)

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east vs west

Alexis Hollingsworth- 2019

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One of the things that made Dracula so terrifying to Western Cultures was the fear of what they don’t know, which in this case is Eastern Culture.

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maternity

Phyllis roth

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Lucy and mina are essentially the same figure: the mother

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mysterious

D. Gates

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Transylvania is a mysterious place where anything is possible

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lucy

Buzwell

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dangerously modern in her ways

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females

Byron

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gothic texts of the time repeatedly produce powerful and sexually aggressive females

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sex

Hindel

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sex was the monster that stoker feared most

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castles

Bunten

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in many gothic novels the castle represents a threatening sexually rapacious masculine world ink which women are trapped and persecuted

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sex/lust

Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017

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‘Sex in early C19th century vampire tales are merely a displaced lust, a metaphor for consumption’

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modern man

Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017

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‘Dracula himself is a modern man: he has legal and commercial interests’

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wealthy vampire

Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017

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‘Henceforth the vampire became cultured and wealthy, if not necessarily male’

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lightning rod

sue chaplin- Leeds met university

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‘The vampire frequently acts as a lightning rod for anxieties of the moment’

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mina

sue chaplin- Leeds met university

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She is ‘the exemplary middle class woman of virtue’

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mina

sue chaplin- Leeds met university

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‘The sort of woman who inspires men to heroism’

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