Author : M. Gibson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230627684
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Dracula and the Eastern Question by : M. Gibson
Download or read book Dracula and the Eastern Question written by M. Gibson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-07-14 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.