#unauthorized by stoker obviously fkkdkg

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#i love dracula daily i really do #i think its a wonderful reimagining of the epistolary form #and its great that so many people have signed up to read an old classic #but at the same time its also a bit of a... missed opportunity i guess? #considering some of the themes in the text #like we all know tumblr isnt very good with nuance #and this whole idea of presenting an important work in ''small digestible chunks'' would really benefit from annotations and commentary #of some kind #also a lot of people seem to be unaware of the fact #that stoker's original narrative wasn't strictly linear #its not super disjointed but especially the first few chapters are not told in chronological order #so even though the text of individual letters and diary entries remains unchanged.. it's still a significant alteration #like.. this is very much a new edition #unauthorized by stoker obviously fkkdkg #im curious to see how the chronological order changes the experience tbh #anyway i saw a post earlier expressing hope that this project will encourage critical discussions #but that's exactly the problem #its not a critical reading of dracula #no context no theory no framework #its more of a book club. and that's great when you're reading for fun but this is a 125 year old text #that offers plenty to get upset about #the question is not if but when the first no nuance november tumblrinas are gonna realize that its problematic(TM) #*cough* renfield *cough* #theres one actual dracula scholar on here who's answering asks and posting tirelessly to offer some critical guidance and that's wonderful #but im still dreading the hot takes that are to come #anyway i dont wanna be a party pooper its still an awesome project #but yeah. like i said it seems like a missed opportunity #and judging by the number of posts that are calling this a tumblr university class im guessing that theres quite a bit of interest #in critical analysis #&