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The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
John Polidori
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Description for The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
Paperback. Editor(s): Morrison, Robert; Baldick, Chris. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
`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 ... Read more
`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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
223g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199552412
SKU
V9780199552412
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About John Polidori
Chris Baldick is Head of English at Goldsmith's College, University of London. Robert Morrison is Associate Professor of English at Acadia University, Canada.
Reviews for The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
I enjoyed the collection very much, and recommend it as a good mix of stories that are a little different from the norm.
FictionFan
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 ... Read more
FictionFan
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 ... Read more