Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian gothic stage /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wynne, Catherine, 1971-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:	Palgrave gothic series.
Subjects:	Stoker, Bram, > 1847-1912 > Criticism and interpretation. Stoker, Bram, > 1847-1912 > Knowledge > Theater. Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English > History and criticism. English drama > 19th century > History and criticism. Gothic revival (Literature) > Great Britain. Theater > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: setting the scene
Stoker, melodrama and the gothic
Irving's tempters and Stoker's vanishing ladies: supernatural production, mesmeric influence and magical illusion
Ellen Terry and the "bloofer lady": femininity and fallenness
Gothic weddings and performing vampires: Geneviève Ward and The lady of the shroud
The Lyceum's Macbeth and Stoker's Dracula
Conclusion.