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 David Skal- Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula Lindsay Fitzharris- The Butchering Art Amelie Oksenberg Rorty- The Many Faces of Evil “Dracula” Author Bram Stoker’s Extraordinary Love Letter to Walt Whitman, Maria Popova Coming Out of The Coffin, Kaya Genc “A Wilde Desire Took Me“: the Homoerotic History of Dracula, Talia Schaffer