The 1800s were a time of change in Dublin—but this was true for the rest of the world as well. … More
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Bram Stoker’s “Fang-tastic” Epistolary Novel
Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a Gothic horror novel that tells the story of Count Dracula, a supernatural being, who is … More
The Importance of Perspectives in Dracula
While reading Bram Stoker’s gothic novel Dracula, I noticed that the novel was primarily formatted as a sequence of diary … More
Rebellion, Feminism, Vampires, and a Trip to the General Post Office. Oh my!
Today’s visit brought a detour to Dublin’s General Post Office, a site of much historical activity. For example, you can … More
Dracula and The Irish Literary Revival
Brown’s “Cultural Nationalism” traces the forces that shaped Ireland’s cultural and literary atmospheres during the late 19th and early 20th … More
The Invasion of the Other in Dracula
Reading Stoker’s Dracula made me think immensely about the theme of the other and to what extent the Count was … More
Dracula and the Famine’s Trauma
When reading Siobhán Kilfeather’s overview of the Irish Famine in Dublin: A Cultural History, I was struck by one line … More
“Insubstantial vs. Substantial” in Dracula, and how this reflects fantasy in the Irish Literary Revival.
In reading Terence Brown’s excerpt “Cultural Nationalism 1880-1930”, in conjunction with Siobhan Kilfeather’s Dublin: A Cultural History, I was interested … More
West and East // Familiar and Strange
From the moment I began reading Terrence Brown’s “Cultural Nationalism,” I immediately made connections to Dracula. Brown’s text dives deep … More
Empowering with the Anti-rational
The superstitions throughout Dracula are very prominent. The storyline is rampant with such items– the rose branches, garlic– as well … More
