The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre

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

• ISBN13: 9780199552412
• ISBN10: 019955241X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• 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

Introduction

Note on the Text

Select Bibliography

Chronology of the Magazines

The Vampyre

Sir Guy Eveling's Dream

Confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman

The Master of Logan

The Victim

Some Terrible Letters from Scotland

The Curse

Life in Death

My Hobby - Rather

The Red Man

Post-Mortem Recollections of a Medical Lecturer

The Bride of Lindorf

Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess

Preliminaries for `The Vampyre'

John Polidori, Note on the Vampyre

Lord Byron: `Augustus Darvell'

Biographical Notes

Explanatory Notes

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