Monstrous infants and vampyric mothers in Bram Stoker's Dracula

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-235

  Almond, Barbara R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bram; Dracula; Envy; Maternal ambivalence; Monsters; Orality; Possession; Stoker; Vampirism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEAR; FEEDING; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NARCISSISM; OBJECT RELATION; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SLEEP; SURVIVAL;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947650050     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/0EKX-38DF-QLF0-UQ07     Document Type: Article

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