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Stoker, B: Dracula

Stoker, B: Dracula


en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 feb 2025

Observăm în proza lui Bram Stoker o arhitectură narativă unică, unde teroarea nu se instalează prin descrieri directe, ci prin acumularea fragmentată de jurnale, scrisori și telegrame. Această polifonie de voci creează o verosimilitate stranie, transformând supranaturalul într-o amenințare documentată riguros. Stilul său îmbină precizia aproape clinică a observației cu o atmosferă gotică densă, invitând cititorul să descopere mecanismele fricii de la finalul secolului al XIX-lea. Subliniem faptul că această ediție publicată de Autri Books nu este doar o reproducere a textului original, ci un instrument de studiu complex. Prin glosarul de termeni și introducerea semnată de un specialist, suntem ghidați prin labirintul convențiilor victoriene și al conceptelor culturale care pot părea obscure cititorului modern. Ca și Bram Stoker's Dracula de Professor William Hughes, acest volum explorează influența culturală și temele fundamentale ale romanului, dar dintr-o perspectivă axată pe facilitarea înțelegerii directe a textului pentru studenți, oferind resurse pedagogice integrate. Descoperim aici o analiză a raportului dintre știință și superstiție, reflectând anxietățile unei epoci aflate la granița dintre tradiție și modernitate. Structura clară și aparatul critic transformă lectura într-o experiență de explorare academică, fără a știrbi din farmecul întunecat al poveștii contelui transilvănean.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9798348543976
Pagini: 446
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Autri Books

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această ediție celor care doresc să depășească mitul comercial al vampirului și să înțeleagă profunzimea literară a operei. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă istorică și critică valoroasă datorită glosarului și materialelor auxiliare. Este o alegere excelentă pentru studenți sau pasionați de beletristică clasică ce doresc să lectureze Dracula în limba engleză, beneficiind de un context academic clarificator.

Despre autor

Abraham „Bram” Stoker (1847–1912) a fost un autor irlandez a cărui notorietate literară a fost consolidată postum prin succesul fenomenal al romanului Dracula. În timpul vieții, Stoker a fost o figură centrală a lumii teatrale londoneze, ocupând funcția de manager al Teatrului Lyceum și fiind asistentul personal al celebrului actor Sir Henry Irving. Experiența sa în teatru și relațiile cu scriitori precum Arthur Conan Doyle sau Oscar Wilde i-au influențat stilul dramatic și atenția pentru scenografie. Deși a scris și alte lucrări de groază supranaturală, precum The Lair of the White Worm, Stoker rămâne arhitectul mitului vampirului modern.

Notă biografică

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847- 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer. He supplemented his income by writing a large number of sensational novels, his most famous being the vampire tale Dracula which he published in 1897. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight years researching European folklore and stories of vampires. Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as collection of diary entries, telegrams, and letters from the characters, as well as fictional clippings from the Whitby and London newspapers. Stoker's inspiration for the story was a visit to Slains Castle near Aberdeen. The bleak spot provided an excellent backdrop for his creation. Dracula has been the basis for countless movies and plays. The first was Nosferatu directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlock. Nosferatu was produced while Florence Stoker, Bram Stoker's widow and literary executrix, was still alive. Represented by the attorneys of the British Incorporated Society of Authors, she eventually sued the filmmakers. Her chief legal complaint was that she had been neither asked for permission for the adaptation nor paid any royalty. The case dragged on for some years, with Mrs Stoker demanding the destruction of the negative and all prints of the movie. The suit was finally resolved in the widow's favour in July 1925. Some copies of the movie survived, however, and Nosferatu is now widely regarded as an innovative classic. The most famous movie version of Dracula is the 1931 production starring Bela Lugosi and which spawned several sequels that had little to do with Stoker's novel.

Descriere scurtă

Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. An epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunt Dracula and, in the end, kill him. Dracula was mostly written in the 1890s. Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes for the novel, drawing extensively from Transylvanian folklore and history. Some scholars have suggested that the character of Dracula was inspired by historical figures like the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler or the countess Elizabeth Báthory, but there is widespread disagreement. Stoker's notes mention neither figure. He found the name Dracula in Whitby's public library while holidaying there, picking it because he thought it meant devil in Romanian. Following its publication, Dracula was positively received by reviewers who pointed to its effective use of horror. In contrast, reviewers who wrote negatively of the novel regarded it as excessively frightening. Comparisons to other works of Gothic fiction were common, including its structural similarity to Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White (1859). In the past century, Dracula has been situated as a piece of Gothic fiction. Modern scholars explore the novel within its historical context-the Victorian era-and discuss its depiction of gender roles, sexuality, and race. Dracula is one of the most famous pieces of English literature. Many of the book's characters have entered popular culture as archetypal versions of their characters; for example, Count Dracula as the quintessential vampire, and Abraham Van Helsing as an iconic vampire hunter. The novel, which is in the public domain, has been adapted for film over 30 times, and its characters have made numerous appearances in virtually all media. (wikipedia.org) About the author: Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper, and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay where he set two of his novels. During another visit to the English coastal town of Whitby, Stoker drew inspiration for writing Dracula. He died on 20 April 1912 due to locomotor ataxia and was cremated in north London. Since his death, his magnum opus Dracula has become one of the most well-known works in English literature, and the novel has been adapted for numerous films, short stories, and plays. ... (wikipedia.org)