Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula - Rilegato

Belford, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 0679418326 ISBN 13: 9780679418320

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997

Riassunto

A full-scale profile of Bram Stoker journeys beyond the facade of a proper Victorian gentleman to uncover the complex undercurrents that are revealed in the turbulent themes of the author's stories and novels, including sexuality, violence, and a fascination with death.

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Recensione:

"Barbara Belford's historically meticulous, psychologically shrewd life of Bram Stoker goes beyond biography. Her rich and detailed picture of the world of the late Victorian theatre has a purpose: to explain the tenacious power of the sexually charged myth of Dracula."

-- Brenda Maddox, author of The Married Man: The Life of D. H. Lawrence
"Bram Stoker will be remembered for his devotedly long service to the great actor Sir Henry Irving, excellently commemorated in this fascinating account of their work together."

-- Sir John Gielgud

"The Lyceum chapters are wonderfully alive: Barbara Belford captures what I am sure are the tone and atmosphere of Irving's theatre, and clarified many things I had never understood about that opaque character Bram Stoker."

-- Nina Auerbach

L'autore:

Barbara Belford is the author of Violet: The Story of the Irrepressible Violet Hunt and Her Circle of Lovers and Friends and Brilliant Bylines: A Biographical Anthology of Notable Newspaperwomen in America. She is a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and lives in New York

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0679418326
• ISBN 13: 9780679418320
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 381