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The Vampyre And Other Writings
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher: Carcanet
Release Date : 2014-10-28
The Vampyre And Other Writings written by John William Polidori and has been published by Carcanet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Fiction categories.
June 18. Began my ghost story after tea. Twelve o' clock, really began to talk ghostly. [Lord Byron] repeated some verses of Coleridge's Christabel, of the witch's breast; when silence ensued, and Shelley, suddenly shrieking and putting his hands to his head, ran out of the room with a candle. (from the Diary of Dr John William Polidori, 1816) So Polidori (1795-1821) records one of the most famous storytelling evenings in English literature, the stormy night at the Villa Diodati that was the source of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and his own tale The Vampyre, as well as his Gothic novel Ernestus Berchtold. Polidori's still-compelling works, included here in full, created figures of seductive evil that continue to exert a powerful hold over literature and popular culture. In addition, this collection makes available some of Polidori's fascinating lesser-known works such as his medical thesis on nightmares, his essay on the death penalty, his poetry and diary. Many of these have not been republished since the nineteenth century. Franklin Charles Bishop's introduction illuminates the context in which The Vampyre was written, This book, first published in 1993, collects Spark's essays on the Brontës, her selection of their letters and of Emily's poetry. Evident throughout are Spark's critical intelligence, dry wit, and refusal to sentimentalise - qualities that gave her own novels their particular appeal. At the same time, The Essence of the Brontës is Muriel Spark's tribute to the sisters whose talents placed them on a stage from where they could hypnotize their own generation and, even more, posterity.
The Vampyre And Other Works
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
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The Vampyre And Other Tales Of The Macabre
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Author : John Polidori
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-09-11
The Vampyre And Other Tales Of The Macabre written by John Polidori and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-11 with Fiction categories.
`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. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Vampyre And Other Works
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
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The Vampyre And Other Tales Of The Macabre
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Author : Robert Morrison
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1998
The Vampyre And Other Tales Of The Macabre written by Robert Morrison and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Medical categories.
This is the only book to feature Polidori's famous tale The Vampyre alongside other key 19th century tales of the macabre.
The Vampyre
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09-30
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The Vampyre is a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byron in 1816 during a gathering of author friends who, trapped inside due to bad weather, decided to write ghost stories. At the request of a friend, Polidori wrote a complete story from the premise outlined in Byron's fragment. Without either author's prior knowledge, the story was published in the April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine as "The Vampyre: A Tale by Lord Byron"; despite immediate protests from both Byron and Polidori, the attribution stuck, for a well-known author such as Byron attracted a much better audience.The Vampyre was the first vampire story in English prose, and as such had a wide-ranging influence, almost singlehandedly creating the now-popular image of the vampire as an aristocratic seducer.
The Vampyre
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Author : John Polidori
language : en
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Release Date : 2022-06-13
The Vampyre written by John Polidori and has been published by Lindhardt og Ringhof this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-13 with Fiction categories.
Not dissimilar to modern day stories, ́The Vampyre ́ offers an interesting mix of fangs and romance, and Polidori's tale of Lord Ruthven is a spooky love story that will leave you hiding under your duvet. The young Aubrey is captivated by the mysterious Lord Ruthven, who takes her to Rome. A disagreement between the two, leads Ruthven to travel onward to Greece on his own where he falls in love with Ianthe. She tells him about the tales and myths of vampires but is found killed shortly after. Without connecting the two incidents, Aubrey reunites with Ruthven once more and she rejoins him on his travels, which leads to her eventual heartbreak. Fans of ́Twilight ́, ́Dracula ́, and ́Buffy the Vampire Slayer ́ will enjoy this short story, which is regarded as the first vampire novel to be published. Known by some as the creator of vampire fiction, John William Polidori was an English writer and physician. ́The Vampyre ́ is his most successful piece of writing and the first published modern vampire story. A friend to Lord Byron, Polidori also brainstormed with Percy Bysshe Shelley and a soon-to-be Mary Shelley. Mary later worked on a tale with her husband which would become 'Frankenstein'. Polidori died at his father's London house aged 25, weighed down by depression and gambling debts.
The Vampyre
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Author : John William Polidori
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
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The Vampyre Annotated
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-01-26
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Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The vampire is the foundational account of the "romantic vampire" genre. Polidori wrote it on the stormy summer nights, between June 16 and June 19, 1816 (in which it was the year without summer), in Villa Diodati, along with Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, the Countess Potocka and Matthew Lewis. Villa Diodati was considered by Mary Shelley as a culturally sacred place, where writers such as John Milton, Rousseau and Voltaire had been. The story tries to expose the force of the myth that makes common people not believe in vampires, hence the protagonist, Lord Ruthven, takes advantage of this situation to commit his bloodthirsty acts.Another of Ruthven's weapons is his great capacity for seduction and his effectiveness as he is, a vampire, who stands out in the cruel end of this story with which Polidori transformed the vampire character of folklore into an aristocratic personality, causing great impact on the society of the time.
The Vampyre The Werewolf And Other Gothic Tales Of Horror
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2009-01-01
The Vampyre The Werewolf And Other Gothic Tales Of Horror written by John William Polidori and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Lock the doors and turn on the lights! These seven blood-chilling tales of the macabre are a showcase of the supernatural that is sure to haunt your dreams. Includes John Polidori's genre-defining "The Vampyre," Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Monos and Daimonos," Clemence Housman's "The Werewolf," plus 4 anonymous tales, including "The Curse" and "The Victim."