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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Dracula digs into the story of a count who survives by sipping the blood from living (and unsuspecting) donors. Following the hauntingly frightful tale of vampires and victims, this study guide provides summaries and show more commentaries for each chapter within the nineteenth-century novel. Other features that help you fig show lessTags
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Not bad but not great. (Hence the three stars.) Has four main parts: brief biography of Stoker; chapter summaries & commentaries; brief essay on horror films; and a list of Dracula-related movies.
Summaries are just fine, not too brief and not too detailed. The reason I read this is because I want to read a The Dracula Tape, it's been a while since I read Dracula but I don't really want to reread it at the moment but I also wanted to refresh my memory. It served that purpose admirably.
The critical commentaries are nothing special; they touch on a variety of critical themes (sex, religion, literature, and British class tensions), and develop none of them extensively (but then, this is a Cliffs Notes volume). The theme of xenophobia is not show more touched on at all.
The essay on horror films is too short to be of much critical interest, and the last half of it is basically just identifying personnel connections between the early American horror films and German expressionist film. The list of Dracula-related movies is OK as far as it goes, but the volume was published in 1983 so none since then are included. Also, it suggests that it is possible to view the 1920s movie "London After Midnight," but apparently the last known print was lost in a 1960s warehouse fire, so don't get your hopes up. show less
Summaries are just fine, not too brief and not too detailed. The reason I read this is because I want to read a The Dracula Tape, it's been a while since I read Dracula but I don't really want to reread it at the moment but I also wanted to refresh my memory. It served that purpose admirably.
The critical commentaries are nothing special; they touch on a variety of critical themes (sex, religion, literature, and British class tensions), and develop none of them extensively (but then, this is a Cliffs Notes volume). The theme of xenophobia is not show more touched on at all.
The essay on horror films is too short to be of much critical interest, and the last half of it is basically just identifying personnel connections between the early American horror films and German expressionist film. The list of Dracula-related movies is OK as far as it goes, but the volume was published in 1983 so none since then are included. Also, it suggests that it is possible to view the 1920s movie "London After Midnight," but apparently the last known print was lost in a 1960s warehouse fire, so don't get your hopes up. show less
Great if you want to really get your teeth into Dracula...
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