Books Quote by Bram Stoker
““8. Quoted in Clive Leatherdale, Dracula: The Novel and the Legend (Wellingborough, Northants: Aquarian Press, 1985), p. 80. 9. H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1898), Book II, Ch. II, p. 202. 10. Ibid., pp. 201, 200. 11. E. J. Hobsbawm, Industry and Empire (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969), p. 192. 12. On this important subject, see Daniel Pick’s Faces of Degeneration: A European Disorder c. 1848 – c. 1918 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) and his ‘ “Terrors of the night”: Dracula and “Degeneration” in the Late Nineteenth Century’, Critical Quarterly (Winter 1988). 13. For an account of and extracts from books such as these, see The Victorian Imagination: A Sampler, ed. Richard Manton (New York: Grove””
About This Quote
Source Book: Dracula, Bram Stoker, 1897
Historical references illustrate how literature reflects societal anxieties about degeneration and the unknown.
In simple terms: Stories echo fears of decay and mystery.
Key Takeaway
Recognize cultural fears in media.
Themes
literature
history
fear
Mood
reflective
scholarly
Type
literary
historical
When to use this quote
- academic study
- creative writing
- media analysis
- public lectures
Key Concepts
cultural degeneration
mythic symbolism
Questions to Reflect On
- How do modern works echo past anxieties?
- What does degeneration symbolize today?
A Different Perspective
Interpretations can vary across eras.
