Stoker: Dracula
This playlist includes four courses on Bram Stoker's Dracula. The first two explore the novel directly, while the other two look at the context of Gothic writing and the supernatural in literature more broadly.
What this playlist includes:
33 lectures across 4 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Courses and Lectures
1. Stoker: Dracula
Prof. Nick Groom
Exeter University
Exeter University
1.1. A Short History of Vampires – 07:41
1.2. Politics – 07:01
1.3. Medicine – 07:07
1.4. Society – 06:10
1.5. Is it Gothic? – 07:43
2. Stoker: Dracula
Prof. David Punter
Bristol University
Bristol University
2.1. Dracula and Blood – 08:33
2.2. Dracula, the House and Marriage – 08:21
2.3. Van Helsing and Decadence – 09:22
2.4. Dracula and Women – 08:01
2.5. Degeneration and Modernity – 09:23
2.6. Recent Interpretations – 10:00
3. Gothic Literature
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
Nottingham University
3.1. Readership and Historical Context – 12:29
3.2. Philosophical and Cultural Context – 04:18
3.3. The First Gothic Novels – 05:58
3.4. Early Gothic Literature – 06:33
3.5. The End of Early Gothic – 06:15
3.6. Background to Frankenstein – 05:09
3.7. Frankenstein – 20:51
3.8. Early Victorian Gothic – 06:56
3.9. Wuthering Heights – 14:12
3.10. Jane Eyre – 15:21
3.11. Late Victorian Gothic – 11:03
3.12. Psychological Gothic – 04:19
3.13. Fin de Siecle – 10:29
3.14. Modern Gothic – 05:12
4. The Supernatural: A Complete History
Prof. Nick Groom
Exeter University
Exeter University
4.1. Ballads – 11:16
4.2. Revenge Tragedy – 09:37
4.3. Early Vampires – 10:10
4.4. Victorian Vampires – 11:25
4.5. The Uncanny – 19:11
4.6. The Victorian Uncanny – 07:41
4.7. English Ghosts – 14:28
4.8. The American Supernatural – 11:41
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