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- 1897
- Reaction to the Enlightenment, although around 100 years after the start of this period, but England was still feeling the effects after this time - explores the limits to the rational that are a part of our existence
- Fear of female sexuality/ the 'Modern Woman'Social and cultural transformation - anxiety about this change
- Fear of the outsider due to increasing immigration which brought unfamiliar races and cultures into Britain which increased prejudices against these people
- Concerns status of science, the decline of religion, the nature and vulnerabilities of the human psyche, the position of women and the relationship of the British to other cultural and racial groups
- Fin de Siecle period, turning point from 19th to 20th century
- 1895 - Freud began publishing his theories of sexuality and the unconscious which suggested the human mind was a much darker place than we might suppos
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- 1895 - Wilde prosecuted for homosexuality, Dracula evidences the impact this had on Stoker and if Dracula is based upon Irving then it is certainly possible that the evil attractions of the Count indicate Stokers fears about his own sex
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- Fear of reverse colonisation from the East
- 1895 - Wilde prosecuted for homosexuality, Dracula evidences the impact this had on Stoker and if Dracula is based upon Irving then it is certainly possible that the evil attractions of the Count indicate Stokers fears about his own sexuality
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- 1979
- second wave feminsim
- Embraces change as it is liberating to both men and women
- Embraces diversity as it draws upon fairytales from a wide collection and nationalities
- 1979 - Also published 'The Sadeian Woman'
- Took fairy talks of the 18th and 19th centuries and used them as a framework to address modern issues
- Focuses on conflicts accommodating one another rather than one overpowering the other
- Celebrates female power in fairytales, rather than the male power that has developed in these stories
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