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Radio 3,20 Apr 2012,15 mins

SeriesBram Stoker

Jarlath Killeen

The Essay

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To mark the centenary of Dracula creator Bram Stoker's death, Dr Jarlath Killeen of Trinity College Dublin explores the Irish writer's bizarre last novel, The Lair of the White Worm, published in 1911, and examines two recurring symbols found throughout the author's work - the muscular Christian male and the sinister feminine serpent.

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