![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Dracula‘ was written at a time when stories about the supernatural flourished in Britain. Stoker was influenced by the popular Vampire stories of his time, but the novel also reflected his attitude towards or awareness of contemporary issues occupying Victorian England. The combination of old-fashioned romance with its penchant for the mysterious and supernatural with the realistic portrayal of events that defined English literature in the 18th and 19th centuries created the Gothic genre within which backdrop Stoker conceived ‘ Dracula.’ ‘ Dracula‘ was published to favorable reviews but only rose to public consciousness and high cultural sensation after Bram Stoker’s death and with its drama and film adaptations.īram Stoker’s ‘Dracula‘ belongs firmly within the 19th-century Gothic fiction’s flourishing in Western Europe. It also reflects the sensibilities of the Victorian era in which Stoker lived. ![]() The book was built from earlier fictional works about vampires and also incorporated extended research into Scandinavian superstitions. ![]()
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