Knowra Dracula Dracula Dracula is a fictional Transylvanian vampire created by Bram Stoker for his 1897 novel. The character is presented through letters, diaries, and other documents assembled by the novel’s narrators.
Dracula (novel) : Bram Stoker’s 1897 epistolary horror novel about Count Dracula’s attempt to establish himself in England. The novel supplies the character’s original story and documentary form.
Shapeshifting : The ability of a being to change its physical form. Dracula takes animal forms, helping him evade pursuit and cross boundaries.
Bram Stoker : An Irish novelist and theatre manager best known for writing Dracula, published in 1897. Stoker invented the character and shaped his lasting literary form.
Nosferatu : F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent horror film, an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula with Count Orlok in place of the count. Orlok’s gaunt appearance became one of cinema’s most distinctive transformations of Dracula.
Vampire literature : Fiction centered on vampires and the societies, desires, or dangers associated with them. Dracula helped set the template for later vampire fiction.
Epistolary novel : A novel told through documents such as letters, diaries, or records. Dracula’s actions emerge through assembled documents rather than a single narrator.
Hypnosis : A state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility, often induced by another person. Dracula exerts mental influence over victims, most notably Lucy and Mina.
The Vampyre : John Polidori’s 1819 short story about Lord Ruthven, an aristocratic vampire. Polidori helped establish the elegant, socially powerful vampire that preceded Dracula.
Dracula (1931 film) : A Universal Pictures horror film starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Lugosi’s performance established a defining screen image of the character.
Otherness : The condition of being marked as different from a dominant group or norm. Dracula’s foreignness is tied to the novel’s fears of invasion and cultural change.
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