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Transvaal, Transylvania : Dracula's world-system and Gothic periodicity

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Shapiro, Stephen (2008) Transvaal, Transylvania : Dracula's world-system and Gothic periodicity. Gothic Studies, Vol.10 (No.1). pp. 29-47. doi:10.7227/GS.10.1.5

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Abstract

Gothic productions appear in clusters during the capitalist world-market's transition from one economic cycle to another. Using a world-systems approach, I argue that Gothic narrative devices and sensations are both historically specific to the time of their production and representative of the general logic of capitalist time-space contortions. A world-systems perspective insists on an inter-state relational approach relatively unexplored within Gothic studies. Using Stoker's Dracula as a case study, the article claims that Dracula encodes inter-imperialist tensions, primarily those between England and Germany and their proxy agents over South African gold mines in the Transvaal. This antagonism provides the background to the Boer War, itself a forerunner to the First World War's battle among imperialists.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Journal or Publication Title: Gothic Studies
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISSN: 1362-7937
Official Date: 2008
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2008Published
Volume: Vol.10
Number: No.1
Page Range: pp. 29-47
DOI: 10.7227/GS.10.1.5
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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