In the Shadow of Dracula

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Published by: IDW
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Pages: 432
ISBN13: 978-1600109577

 
OVERVIEW

As popular and influential as Bram Stoker’s classic tale of nocturnal menace is, this 1897 novel did not invent vampire fiction, nor was it alone in feeding the Gothic fantasies of the Victorian period. IDW Publishing presents an expertly selected menu of outstanding vampire stories that either informed or benefited from Bram Stoker’s hugely popular creation. These eerie tales of the undead—some 22 in all—form the core canon of classic vampire literature. Chosen and introduced by celebrated literary scholar and author Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Dracula), with illustrations with original illustrations, In the Shadow of Dracula brings to adventuresome readers stories of nocturnal terror that have lived in Stoker’s shadow for too long. Authors include M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, and Bram Stoker himself. Included are what’s considered the first true vampire story 1819, as well the classic novella Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, the first vampire tale with a lesbian theme , and The Family of the Vourdalak by Aleksei Tolstoy, which gave Boris Karloff one of his greatest roles.


PRAISE

“In this wonderful and wide-ranging collection, Leslie Klinger demonstrates the depth and accuracy of his world-spanning scholarly expertise in 19th and 20th century literatures, especially genre literatures. In the Shadow of Dracula will be relished by everyone interested in the wild, whirling origins of the vampire tale. At times, it’s almost unbearably thrilling, homing in on the great human truth that often we are enraptured by what we know to be wrong and bad for us. What a grand liberation lies there, waiting to be kissed.”
—Peter Straub

“Les has done it again, his follow up to The New Annotated Dracula with In the Shadow of Dracula, a collection of the most significant and influential gothic stories of the 19th century. A veritable “dream team” of authors, with entertaining and insightful commentary by Leslie Klinger, one of the foremost experts in the field, a must for any horror fan’s library.”
—Dacre C. Stoker, great grand nephew of Bram Stoker