Dracula

Whenitwaspublishedin1897.DracuAlabecameoneofthemanycontemporarytitlesthatpittedhumansagainstmonsters.RobertLouisStevenson，RudvardKipling，andH.G.Wells，amongothers.allpublishedinthesamegenreataboutthesametime.YetitisDraciAlglthatreaderscannotforget.ThetextofthisNortonCriticalEditionisthatofthe1897firstedition；itiSfullyannotated.Arichselectionofbackgroundandsourcematerialsispro-videdinthreeareas。“Contexts”includesprobableinspirationsforDraculaintheearlierworksofTamesMalcolmRymerandEmilyGerard.AlsoincludedareadiscussionofStoker’Sworkingnotesforthenoveland“Dracula’SGuest，”theoriginalopeninQchaptertoDracula.“ReviewsandReactions”reprintsfiveearlvreviewsofthenovel.“DramaticandFilmVoriations”focuscsontheaterandfilmadaptationsofDracula，twoindicationsofthenovel’Sunwaveringappeal.DavidJ.Skal，GregoryA.Waller,andNinaAuerbachoffertheirvariedperspectives.Checklistsofbothdramaticandfilmadaptationsareincluded.“Criticism”collectsseventheoreticalinterpretationsofDraCUZdbyPhyllisA.Roth，CarolA。Senf，FrancoMoretti，ChristophcrCraft，BramDijsktra、StevenD，Arata.andTdliaSchaffer.AChronologyandSelectedBibliographyarealsoincluded.作者简介：NINAAUERBACHisJohnWelshCentennialProfessorofHistoryandLiteratureandProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofPennsylvania.SheistheauthorofCom-munitiesofWomen:AnIdeainFiction;WomanandtheDemon:TheLifeofaVictorianMyth;RomanticImpris-onment:WomenandOtherGlorifiedOutcasts;EllenTerry,PlayerinHerTime;PrivateTheatricals:TheLivesoftheVictorians;andOurVampires,Ourselves.Sheisco-editor,withU.C.Knoepflmacher,ofForbiddenJour-neys:FairyTalesandFantasiesbyVictorianWomenWriters.