He talks about this new Irish and you may fairy-tale has an effect on for the book, and you will early Golden-haired works’ influences for the unique, such as the performs of Wilkie Collins, as well as, vampire fiction before Stoker. Stoker’s pire legend. Meanwhile, Skal covers info out of clips having become the main myth otherwise preferred creativeness about Dracula that have been never ever in Stoker’s guide. Primary of those ‘s the idea that Bram Stoker equated Dracula having Vlad Tepes.
Stoker probably had no knowledge of Tepes plus it wasn’t up to McNally and you can Florescu’s book Searching for Dracula this particular idea became popular, and video clips like Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula while the a whole lot more recent Dracula Untold aspergers dating apps has brought about Vlad and you may Dracula become equated from the very Dracula fans
Skal in addition to cards that picture from vampires having bats is Stoker’s creation. [Read more…]
