In the earlier half of the twentieth century, the eccentric scholar Montague Summers argued that the series’ author was Thomas Peskett Prest. Such readings may be a product of the late twentieth century’s voyeuristic obsession with sexuality, coupled with a determination to project (sometimes in condescending fashion) its own self-proclaimed sophisticated and liberated views onto a Victorian text - and its author. The tangled story of Varney ‘s authorship is recounted in Chrsitopher Frayling’s book Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at 15.62. While it would be folly to deny any erotic content in a novel about biting and sucking, the incessant pursuit of this path has led us down the slippery slope of revisionist biography and reductive textual nit-picking. Buy Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula by Christopher Frayling (Editor) online at Alibris. The preponderance of such readings of Dracula demands re-assessment. Furthermore, critics comb every aspect of Stoker’s life looking for evidence for their particular brand of psychosexual analysis, sometimes even inventing “facts” to support flimsy theories. Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula Paperback Januby Christopher Frayling (Editor) 4.8 out of 5 stars 17 ratings Hardcover 23.56 6 Used from 9.24 1 Collectible from 95.00 Paperback 8.67 14 Used from 4.68 Language English Publisher Faber & Faber Publication date JanuDimensions 5.25 x 1 x 7. Words have been twisted to yield new meanings, passages have been examined out of context, and gaps in the text have been declared intentional omissions. 4 Anne Morey and Claudia Nelson, Phallus and. Indeed, every sexual practice, fantasy and fear imaginable has been thrust upon its pages: rape (including gang rape), aggressive female sexuality, fellatio, homoeroticism, incest, bestiality, necrophilia, pedophilia, and sexually transmitted disease. 3 Quoted in Christopher Frayling, Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula (London: Faber & Faber, 1992), p.

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