This episode we welcome guest scholar Dr. Ashley Nadeau as she examines Dracula as a novel that draws from popular Victorian genre fiction, and detective fiction in particular. She also uses examples of material culture within the novel—railways, blood, nightdresses, and typewriters—as objects that help us better understand Dracula’s narrative.

Dr. Nadeau received her doctorate from University of Massachusetts Amherst where she studied Victorian fiction in relation to architecture and form. She has been faculty here at UVU for the past three years. She has recently begun a new study exploring the impact of audiobooks on 19th century studies, making her insights into new media particularly exciting.