About this episode

The episode explores the mysteries surrounding the Icelandic and Swedish versions of Dracula, known as Powers of Darkness, and their differences from Bram Stoker's original work.

Many mysteries accompany the revelations that Powers of Darkness , the Icelandic and Swedish versions of Dracula , are not direct translations of Bram Stoker's original, but stories that significantly differ in character names, plot and runtime. Like: did Bram Stoker write it himself, to publish some raunchy content that British censors would forbid? Was Powers of Darkness based on his early drafts? And did he really not copyright Dracula in the USA was that a deliberate ruse? Welllll... brace yourself for ole thrill-destroyer Zaltzman to pop your balloons of excitement. Searching for the truth among all the rumours and texts are producer Iris Ishichita of the Powers of Darkness podcast, and Will Trimble and Hans Corneel de Roos, who orchestrated English translations of respectively the Swedish and Icelandic Powers of Darkness es. This is the third episode of the Draculae miniseries. Before listening to it, check out the first and second episodes explaining the three versions of  Dracula and why we are talking about them. And visit theallusionist.org/draculae3 for more information plus a transcript of the episode. Sign up at theallusionist.org/donate to fund the continuing…

People in this episode

Host: Helen Zaltzman

Guests: Iris Ishichita, Will Trimble, Hans Corneel de Roos

Topics covered

• Dracula
• Powers of Darkness
• literary analysis
• translations
• Bram Stoker
• mystery
• history

Keywords

• Dracula
• Powers of Darkness
• Bram Stoker
• translations
• literary history
• mystery
• Icelandic
• Swedish

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dracula, Powers of Darkness, Powers of Darkness podcast

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