Bram Stoker

The Profile

Bram Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish author best known for the 1897 novel Dracula.

Stoker served as manager of the Lyceum Theatre and was closely associated with actor Henry Irving; his best-known work is the novel Dracula (1897).

Zothique 5 devotes an issue to Bram Stoker and Dracula, with a large dossier, essays on Nosferatu and esoteric readings, translations of three previously unpublished short tales and contemporary reviews. The reviewer finds the dossier powerful though sometimes prolix, and highlights notable contributions and archival material. The issue also contains a comic and an essay on editions.