Dracula

Use these links to supplement and complement students’ reading of the work and to increase their overall enjoyment of literature. Challenge them to discern parallel themes, engage through visual and aural stimuli, and delve deeper into the thematic possibilities presented by the title.

Recommended Texts for Pairing

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu

• the vampire novel that inspired Stoker
• compare similar themes—particularly The Danger of Female Sexuality
• Carmilla on SuperSummary

Topps Comics Graphic Novel Version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula

• four 36-page installments of a visually arresting graphic novel adaptation of Stoker’s text
• compare the adaptation’s treatment of themes (Christianity as Salvation; The Old World versus the Modern; The Danger of Female Sexuality; Insanity, Dreams, and Fallibility; Outsiders as the Other)

"Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti

• a longer gothic poem, one of Rossetti’s most famous, about two sisters lured in by goblins
• compare Rossetti’s treatment of Female Sexuality, Outsiders as the Other, and Christianity as Salvation
• “Goblin Market” on SuperSummary

“Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman

• a horror story that offers a modern twist on vampires and the evil stepmother trope
• content warning: best suited to older students, as the story contains references to taboo subject matter
• compare Gaiman’s treatment of Female Sexuality, Insanity, and Outsiders