Bram Stoker and the Fears that Built Dracula

Boohahaha.... We all know about Dracula, but what were the social conditions that led Bram Stoker to write the book anyway?

SOURCES:
Noel Carroll- The Philosophy of Fear
Stephen D Arata- The Occidental Tourist: Dracula and the Anxiety of Reverse Colonization
Bram Stoker- Dracula
Howard Percy Kennard- The Russian Peasant
Shannon Winnubst- Vampires, Anxieties, and Dreams: Race and Sex in the Contemporary United States
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Lindsay Fitzharris- The Butchering Art
Amelie Oksenberg Rorty- The Many Faces of Evil
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https://thenewinquiry.com/coming-out-... Coming Out of The Coffin, Kaya Genc
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https://brewminate.com/when-bram-met-... When Bram Met Walt, Dr. Meredith Hindley

Images and Video:
Dracula, 1931, Universal Studios
Harringay Online
Illustrated Police News
The Irish Times
Maurice 1987
Paris Herald
Varney the Vampire
The Heritage Portal
Wellcome Collection
Alamy Stock Photo
Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group
Illustrated London News
Corbis
Nosferatu 1922
Library of Congress
WallQuotes.com
Grigory Myasoyedov’s "Harvest Time"
"A Peasant Leaving His Landlord on Yuri's Day," by Sergei V. Ivanov
British Library
Beacon Press
Merlins Ltd
Boris Kustodiev, Reading of the Manifest (Liberation of peasants)
Jean-Victor Schnetz: Combat devant l'hôtel de ville

Title cards: Footageisland

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