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Carol A. Senf

キャロル・エー・センフ

Kyaroru A. Senfu

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Professor, Associate Chair, Literary Critic
Active Years
1979-2024
Affiliations
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Influenced By
Bram Stoker

Education

Miami University
English
Degree: B.S. English/Education; M.A. English
Country: United States
State University of New York at Buffalo
English
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: United States
PhD thesis: Daughters of Lilith: An Analysis of the Vampire in Nineteenth-Century English Literature

Awards

Lord Ruthven Award
1999
Work: Dracula: Between Tradition and Modernism
Category: best nonfiction
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bram Stoker

2012 Literary Biography

A book on the life and works of Bram Stoker.

VampireGothic

Dracula: Between Tradition and Modernism

1998 Literary Criticism

Analysis of Dracula between tradition and modernism.

Gothic LiteratureModernism

Science and Social Science in Bram Stoker’s Fiction

2002 Literary Criticism

Science and social science in Stoker's fiction.

ScienceSocial Science

Bibliography

  • Bram Stoker (2012)
  • Bram Stoker’s The Mystery of the Sea: An Annotated Edition (2007)
  • Bram Stoker’s Lady Athlyne: An Annotated Edition (2007)
  • Science and Social Science in Bram Stoker’s Fiction (2002)
  • Dracula: Between Tradition and Modernism (1998)
  • Bram Stoker. A Reader's Companion (1998)
  • A Critical Response to Bram Stoker (1993, ed.)
  • The Vampire in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction (1988)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Academic and detailed critical styleVictorian literature analysis
Recurring Motifs
VampireGothicGender studies

Legacy

American professor recognized as an expert on the biography and works of Bram Stoker. Recipient of the Lord Ruthven Award.