The Vampyre And Other Tales Of The Macabre
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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 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 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."
Ghostly Tales From The Lost Summer Of 1816 Frankenstein The Vampyre Other Stories From The Villa Diodati
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Author : Mary Shelley
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-07-14
Ghostly Tales From The Lost Summer Of 1816 Frankenstein The Vampyre Other Stories From The Villa Diodati written by Mary Shelley and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Fiction categories.
Around two hundred years ago the famous writer Lord Byron rented the mansion known as the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva. Accompanying Byron, among others, was the 23-year-old poet Percy Shelley, his mistress, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, and Byron's physician John William Polidori. The summer would be forever known as the 'Lost Summer of 1816'. For three days they were shut up in the Villa due to cold and stormy weather, which would serve as the backdrop to the telling and writing of horror and ghost stories—the most notable of which was Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein”. 'Ghostly Tales from Lost Summer of 1816' is the collected writings from the guests; including “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “The Vampyre” by John Polidori, and the unfinished tales, “Fragment of a Ghost Story” by Percy Shelley, and “A Fragment of a Novel” by Lord Byron. This collection of tales would make for a worthy addition to the shelves of fans of the horrifying and macabre. This edition includes specially-commissioned biographies of each of the authors.
The Palgrave Handbook Of The Vampire
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Author : Simon Bacon
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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The Palgrave Handbook Of The Vampire written by Simon Bacon and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Vampyre
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Author : John Polidori William
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-11
The Vampyre written by John Polidori William and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11 with Fiction categories.
The Vampyre is a work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori taken from the story Lord Byron told as part of a contest among Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The Vampyre is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as "the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre."
The Vampyre A Tale
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-05-25
The Vampyre A Tale written by John William Polidori and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-25 with categories.
When a young Englishman by the name of Aubrey meets the mysterious new arrival in London society Lord Ruthven, the two embark on a trip to Rome. They are soon separated, only to meet once again at the scene of what appears to be a vampire attack in Greece. John William Polidori (1795 - 1821) was an English physician and writer most famous for writing this book, which is widely acknowledged as being the first modern vampire story. It was originally and erroneously attributed to Lord Byron, but both Byron and Polidori confirmed that the story is Polidori's. "The Vampyre" will appeal to lovers of horror and macabre fiction, and it is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Other notable works by this author include: "Cajetan" (1816), "Boadicea" (1816), and "On the Punishment of Death
Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Tales
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-05-08
Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Tales written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-08 with Fiction categories.
This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.
The Vampyre A Tale
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Author : John William Polidori
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2017-07-21
The Vampyre A Tale written by John William Polidori and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-21 with Fiction categories.
"The Vampyre" is a 1819 novel by John William Polidori. Considered to be the progenitor of vampire fiction, this chilling tale is not to be missed by lovers of the supernatural, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection. John William Polidori (1795 - 1821) was an English writer and physician famous for his connection to the Romantic movement. He is commonly considered to be the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. Other notable works by this author include: "The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori" (1816), "On the Punishment of Death" (1816), and "Ximenes, The Wreath and Other Poems" (1819). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The Black Vampyre
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Author : Uriah Derick D'Arcy
language : en
Publisher: Leamington Books
Release Date : 2020-10-31
The Black Vampyre written by Uriah Derick D'Arcy and has been published by Leamington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-31 with Fiction categories.
WARNING! Contains moderate bloody violence against slavers and plantation owners!This pioneer vampire tale from 1819 spills revenge-cold blood as its narrator leads us through high gothic terror to radical outrage on the subject of slavery, reaching a blood-soaked conclusion dripping with 'biting' polemic vilifying the bankers who caused the economic recession of that same year.An anti-capitalist horror fable from 200 years ago, The Black Vampyre vilified the worst financial predation the capitalist world would ever see, decades before Karl Marx ― the enslavement of Africans in the New World.One dead man said no! And this is his story.The Black Vampyre; A Legend of St. Domingo tells the affrighting tale of a slave who is resurrected as a vampire after being killed by his owner; the slave seeks revenge by stealing the owner's son and marrying the owner's wife. The anonymous writer D'Arcy sets the story against the conditions that led to the Haitian Revolution.First published in chapbook form in New York in 1819, this emancipatory tale from literary New York in the 1810s arguably dates the birth of horror as know it!This edition features a new introduction as well as extensive notes and a guide to literary allusions.