Bram Stoker – Brewminate

When Bram Met Walt

Posted on October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Before conjuring Dracula, Bram Stoker poured his soul out to America’s poet. Introduction Ever since Bram Stoker unleashed Dracula on readers in 1897, the undead have been stalking literary and pop culture with abandon. At first it was a slow trickle, as others imitated Stoker on the page, but once Hollywood sank its teeth into vampire mythology,[…]

Socialism and the Vampire: Comrades, Capitalists, and Bloodsuckers

Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Vampire fiction as class allegory predates Dracula. In May 1897 Constable and Co published a limited print run of a new novel by a London-based Irish theatre manager and occasional author named Bram Stoker. Stoker had enjoyed moderate critical recognition with a series of overly-sentimental pot-boilers and ghoulish short stories over the course of the[…]