What these early critical responses reveal about Dracula’s writing is that it was predominantly seen by early reviewers and responders to parallel, even supersede the Gothic horror works of such canonical writers as Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe, and Edgar Allan Poe. Elizabeth Miller, Bram Stoker’s Dracula: A Documentary Journey into Vampire Country and the Dracula Phenomenon and Bram Stoker’s Notes for Dracula: A Facsimile Edition SYNOPSIS: There is a common misconception that the early critical reception of Bram Stoker’s famed vampire novel, Dracula (1897), was “mixed.” This reference book sets out to dispel this myth en force by offering the most exhaustive collection of early critical responses to Stoker’s novel ever assembled, including some 91 reviews and reactions as well as 36 different press notices, many of which have not been seen in print since they appeared over 100 years ago. A superb achievement and a scholar’s delight!” -Dr. Carter, The Vampire in Literature: A Critical Bibliography and Different Blood: The Vampire as Alien “This meticulously researched book puts to rest misconceptions long held by many Dracula scholars (myself included) about the reception of Stoker's novel. ![]() This exhaustive compilation fulfills a long-standing need in the realm of Dracula studies and provides a valuable fresh perspective on the early popular and critical reception of Stoker’s masterpiece.” -Dr. Senf, Bram Stoker (Gothic Authors: Critical Revisions) and The Critical Response to Bram Stoker “Both scholars and devoted fans will rejoice in Bram Stoker’s Dracula: The Critical Feast. This is a book that every student of Dracula will be proud to own…and pore over, a feast for the eyes and for the mind.” -Dr. In addition, The Critical Feast includes copies of early covers and photographs of Stoker. Browning has assembled an exhaustive collection of contemporary reviews of Dracula, reviews that put Stoker’s novel into context and demonstrate its almost instantaneous popularity. ![]() Gordon Melton PRAISE: “Dryden said of The Canterbury Tales that “here is God’s plenty,” and one might say the same thing about Bram Stoker’s Dracula: The Critical Feast. BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA: THE CRITICAL FEAST An Annotated Reference of Early Reviews and Reactions, 1897-1913 Compiled and Annotated, with an Introduction, by John Edgar Browning Bibliographical Afterword by J.
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