The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre

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

• ISBN13: 9780192838940
• ISBN10: 0192838946
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-12
• 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
Introduction	vii
Note on the Text	xxiii
Select Bibliography	xxv
Chronology of the magazines	xxvii
The Vampyre	1	(24)
John Polidori
Sir Guy Eveling's Dream	25	(8)
Horace Smith
Confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman	33	(20)
William Carleton
Monos and Daimonos	53	(10)
Edward Bulwer
The Master of Logan	63	(24)
Allan Cunningham
The Victim	87	(12)
Anonymous
Some Terrible Letters from Scotland	99	(14)
James Hogg
The Curse	113	(16)
Anonymous
Life in Death	129	(10)
Anonymous
My Hobby,-Rather	139	(4)
N. P. Willis
The Red Man	143	(22)
Catherine Gore
Post-Mortem Recollections of a Medical Lecturer	165	(10)
Charles Lever
The Bride of Lindorf	175	(26)
Letitia E. Landon
Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess	201	(34)
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Appendix A: Preliminaries for The Vampyre	235	(9)
Appendix B: Note on the Vampyre	244	(2)
John Polidori
Appendix C: Augustus Darvell	246	(7)
Lord Byron
Biographical Notes	253	(4)
Explanatory Notes	257