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The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori, et al. (Oxford)
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- Book Title
- Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Format
- Uk-Trade Paper
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- ISBN
- 9780192838940
- Book Series
- Oxford World's Classics Ser.
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Horror, Historical
- Item Weight
- 7.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0192838946
ISBN-13
9780192838940
eBay Product ID (ePID)
193127
Product Key Features
Book Title
Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Horror, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Format
Uk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
LCCN
97-000915
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Moving effortlessly from folklore to melodrama, the Introduction assesses the position that Polidori's story . . . We may not be ableto recover the experience of the origianl readers, but we can be grateful to the editors for bringing back to life tales that are not only of academic interestbut which still exert their own nightmarish fascination'Studies in Hogg and his World
Dewey Decimal
823.087380807
Table Of Content
IntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyChronology of the MagazinesThe VampyreSir Guy Eveling's DreamConfessions of a Reformed RibbonmanEdward BulwerThe Master of LoganThe VictimSome Terrible Letters from ScotlandThe CurseLife in DeathMy Hobby - RatherThe Red ManPost-Mortem Recollections of a Medical LecturerThe Bride of LindorfPassage in the Secret History of an Irish CountessAppendix A: Preliminaries for 'The Vampyre'Appendix B: John Polidori, Note on the VampyreAppendix C: Lord Byron: 'Augustus Darvell'Biographical Notes, Explanatory Notes
Synopsis
'Upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein: - to this the men pointed, crying, simultaneously struck with horror, "a Vampyre, a Vampyre!"' John Polidori's classic tale of the vampyre was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Set in Italy, Greece, and London, Polidori's tales is a reaction to the dominating presence of his employer Lord Byron, and transformed the figure of the vampire from the bestial ghoul of earlier mythologies into the glamorous aristocrat whose violence and sexual allure make him literally a 'lady-killer'. Polidori's tale introduced the vampire into English fiction, and launched a vampire craze that has never subsided. 'The Vampyre' was first published in 1819 in the London New Monthly Magazine. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of the macabre first published in the leading London and Dublin magazines between 1819 and 1838, including Edward Bulwer's chilling account of the doppelganger, Letitia Landon's elegant reworking of the Gothic romance, William Carleton's terrifying description of an actual lynching, and James Hogg's ghoulish exploitation of the cholera epidemic of 1831-2., John Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre"(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein . The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carelton. The introduction surveys the genesis and influence of "The Vampyre" and its central themes and techniques, while the Appendices contain material closely associated with its composition and publication, including Lord Byron's prose fragment "Augustus Darvell.", John Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre"(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carelton. The introduction surveys the genesis and influence of "The Vampyre" and its central themes and techniques, while the Appendices contain material closely associated with its composition and publication, including Lord Byron's prose fragment "Augustus Darvell.", 'The Vampyre' was first published in 1819 in the London New Monthly Magazine. The present volume - a companion to Tales of Terror from Blackwood's Magazine in World's Classics - selects thirteen other tales of the macabre first published in the leading London and Dublin magazines between 1819 and 1838. It includes Edward Bulwer's chilling account of the doppelganger, Letitia Landon's elegant reworking of the Gothic romance, William Carleton's terrifying descriptionof an actual lynching, and James Hogg's ghoulish exploitation of the cholera epidemic of 1831-2.
Copyright Date
1998
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