Comments | dracschick: Dracula Scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Miller interview...........

dracschick

Dracula Scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Miller interview...........

Jan 14, 2008 10:57

Hi all,

My flist friend, longtime Dracula scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Miller blooferlady was interviewed by the Toronto Sun. Feel free to read it here. It’s a great interview and very interesting for us Drac fans:)

http://blooferlady.livejournal.com/10135.html

PS--She has an awesome LJ too:)

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THANK YOU lucilla27 January 14 2008, 07:33:25 UTC

She is a very interesting lady. :D

you're welcome! dracschick January 14 2008, 22:56:21 UTC

yep, she is indeed:)

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yeah, I'm excited to see that publication as well....... dracschick January 14 2008, 22:57:13 UTC

PS--It's good to have someone be the 'Dracula police' and be the information source for what is correct/incorrect factually about Vlad the Impaler.

Re: yeah, I'm excited to see that publication as well....... monsterofmud January 14 2008, 23:10:09 UTC

I need to read more of her reasoning against Stoker knowingly using Vlad as the basis. There are two things she doesn't address when making her case:

1. The fact that Van Helsing goes at length to describe that "he is the same Voivode who crossed the Danube and held back the Turk, et al" (I'm paraphrasing).

2. The fact that Prof. Arminius Vambery had lengthy conversations with Stoker about tales of his homeland's folklore and history. This posits that Stoker may've known a great deal beyond what he glossed over in Land Beyond the Forest on the subject of Vlad.

Hopefully I'll find something at some point where she takes these things into account. But as for that facsimile, I cannot believe what an awesome experience that will be!

why don't you......... dracschick January 14 2008, 23:14:29 UTC

take these points over to her LJ and repost there? I'm sure she'd be happy to answer your questions. She's very nice. Good luck!

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I'm not seeing the edit button monsterofmud January 14 2008, 23:04:44 UTC

Haha! I had no idea she's on LiveJournal.

I've always had real mixed thoughts about her writings. She always manages to make me bristle with her anti-Coppola's Dracula tirades, but then she also does great things such as publish the upcoming facsimile-edition of the Dracula manuscript, something which is LONG overdue.

eldritchhobbit January 15 2008, 18:46:11 UTC

What a great interview! Thanks so much for the link. I'm so happy she identified the I Am Legend novel as excellent vampire literature (I love that book!) and the movie as poor film (what a disappointment it was!). That was a very interesting article.

you're welcome.... dracschick January 16 2008, 00:10:07 UTC

yeah, she's really cool:)

sroit January 20 2008, 00:58:26 UTC

Hey there...just leaving a comment to say I've seen you around, we have friends in common, and I want to add you!

sure......... dracschick January 20 2008, 01:04:28 UTC

Nice to 'meet' you. Add me and I'll add you back:)

Re: sure......... sroit January 20 2008, 01:12:36 UTC

Excellent.

I know Xakara, moon_chylde for starters. I didn't look at your entire flist, but who knows, we might have more in common.

Good to meet you, too.