The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre

by Polidori, John; Morrison, Robert; Baldick, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780192832917
• ISBN10: 0192832913
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi	(1)
Introduction	vii	(16)
Note on the Text	xxiii	(2)
Select Bibliography	xxv	(2)
Chronology of the Magazines	xxvii
JOHN POLIDORI
The Vampyre	1	(24)
HORACE SMITH
Sir Guy Eveling's Dream	25	(8)
WILLIAM CARLETON
Confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman	33	(20)
EDWARD BULWER
Monos and Daimonos	53	(10)
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM
The Master of Logan	63	(24)
ANONYMOUS
The Victim	87	(12)
JAMES HOGG
Some Terrible Letters from Scotland	99	(14)
ANONYMOUS
The Curse	113	(16)
ANONYMOUS
Life in Death	129	(10)
N. P. WILLIS
My Hobby,--Rather	139	(4)
CATHERINE GORE
The Red Man	143	(22)
CHARLES LEVER
Post-Mortem Recollections of a Medical Lecturer	165	(10)
LETITIA E. LANDON
The Bride of Lindorf	175	(26)
JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess	201	(34)
Appendix A: Preliminaries for The Vampyre	235	(9)
Appendix B: JOHN POLIDORI Note on The Vampyre	244	(2)
Appendix C: LORD BYRON Augustus Darvell	246	(7)
Biographical Notes	253	(4)
Explanatory Notes	257