Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula

Biography & Memoir, Literary, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula by David J. Skal, Liveright
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David J. Skal ISBN: 9781631490118
Publisher: Liveright Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint: Liveright Language: English
Author: David J. Skal
ISBN: 9781631490118
Publisher: Liveright
Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint: Liveright
Language: English

**A 2017 Edgar Award Finalist

A revelatory biography exhumes the haunted origins of the man behind the immortal myth, bringing us "the closest we can get to understanding [Bram Stoker] and his iconic tale" (The New Yorker).**

In this groundbreaking portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal "pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire" (TIME magazine). Examining the myriad anxieties plaguing the Victorian fin de siecle, Skal stages Bram Stoker’s infirm childhood against a grisly tableau of medical mysteries and horrors: cholera and famine fever, childhood opium abuse, frantic bloodletting, mesmeric quack cures, and the gnawing obsession with "bad blood" that pervades Dracula. In later years, Stoker’s ambiguous sexuality is explored through his passionate youthful correspondence with Walt Whitman, his adoration of the actor Sir Henry Irving, and his romantic rivalry with lifelong acquaintance Oscar Wilde—here portrayed as a stranger-than-fiction doppelgänger. Recalling the psychosexual contours of Stoker’s life and art in splendidly gothic detail, Something in the Blood is the definitive biography for years to come.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

**A 2017 Edgar Award Finalist

A revelatory biography exhumes the haunted origins of the man behind the immortal myth, bringing us "the closest we can get to understanding [Bram Stoker] and his iconic tale" (The New Yorker).**

In this groundbreaking portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal "pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire" (TIME magazine). Examining the myriad anxieties plaguing the Victorian fin de siecle, Skal stages Bram Stoker’s infirm childhood against a grisly tableau of medical mysteries and horrors: cholera and famine fever, childhood opium abuse, frantic bloodletting, mesmeric quack cures, and the gnawing obsession with "bad blood" that pervades Dracula. In later years, Stoker’s ambiguous sexuality is explored through his passionate youthful correspondence with Walt Whitman, his adoration of the actor Sir Henry Irving, and his romantic rivalry with lifelong acquaintance Oscar Wilde—here portrayed as a stranger-than-fiction doppelgänger. Recalling the psychosexual contours of Stoker’s life and art in splendidly gothic detail, Something in the Blood is the definitive biography for years to come.

More books from Liveright

Cover of the book The Last Kind Words Saloon: A Novel by David J. Skal
Cover of the book Lincoln's Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America by David J. Skal
Cover of the book American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring by David J. Skal
Cover of the book The Honey Farm: A Novel by David J. Skal
Cover of the book Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by David J. Skal
Cover of the book The Fabliaux by David J. Skal
Cover of the book The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea by David J. Skal
Cover of the book Collected Poems: 1958-2015 by David J. Skal
Cover of the book The Story of Mankind (Updated Edition) (Liveright Classics) by David J. Skal
Cover of the book How To Make It in the New Music Business: Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician by David J. Skal
Cover of the book Best Boy: A Novel by David J. Skal
Cover of the book The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) by David J. Skal
Cover of the book The River in the Sky: A Poem by David J. Skal
Cover of the book On Marx: Revolutionary and Utopian by David J. Skal
Cover of the book Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World by David J. Skal
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy