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dc.identifier	ECF_article_4858
dc.title	“Things that Make One Doubt if They be Mad or Sane”. Coping with the Monstrous in Bram Stoker’s Dracula
dc.contributor.author	Giovannelli Laura
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/english-literature/2020/1/things-that-make-one-doubt-if-they-be-mad-or-sane/
dc.description.abstract	This article focuses on Bram Stoker’s landmark novel Dracula (1897), in order to better assess how the phenomenology of the monstrous emerges as inextricably interfused with a late-Victorian socio-cultural background. Attention is drawn to a discursive framework pivoting on scientific discoveries and medical research, as well as degeneration theories and the motif of atavistic regression. Taking its cue from recent trends in literary criticism, this paper also examines how the resort to a cutting-edge technological equipment, such as Mina’s portable typewriter and Dr Seward’s phonograph, can be instrumental in abating Dracula’s vampiric threat.
dc.relation.ispartof	English Literature
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 7 \| December 2020
dc.issued	2020-12-21
dc.dateAccepted	2020-12-12
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-11-08
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2420-823X
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/EL/2420-823X/2020/01/003
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Late-Victorian Context
dc.subject	Late-Victorian Context
dc.subject	Mimetic Dimension
dc.subject	Mimetic Dimension
dc.subject	Supernatural Horror
dc.subject	Supernatural Horror
dc.subject	Vampire
dc.subject	Vampire

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“Things that Make One Doubt if They be Mad or Sane”

Coping with the Monstrous in Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Laura Giovannelli Università di Pisa, Italia

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abstract

This article focuses on Bram Stoker’s landmark novel Dracula (1897), in order to better assess how the phenomenology of the monstrous emerges as inextricably interfused with a late-Victorian socio-cultural background. Attention is drawn to a discursive framework pivoting on scientific discoveries and medical research, as well as degeneration theories and the motif of atavistic regression. Taking its cue from recent trends in literary criticism, this paper also examines how the resort to a cutting-edge technological equipment, such as Mina’s portable typewriter and Dr Seward’s phonograph, can be instrumental in abating Dracula’s vampiric threat.

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Dec. 21, 2020

Accepted

Dec. 12, 2020

Submitted

Nov. 8, 2020

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Keywords: Supernatural Horror • Late-Victorian Context • Mimetic Dimension • Vampire

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