Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Vampyre and Other Tales of the MacabreCondition: NewEAN: 9780199552412ISBN: 9780199552412Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/11/2008Item Height: 195mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 16mmAuthor: John PolidoriLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 019955241XDescription: `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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Horror, Classic FictionContributor: Robert Morrison (Edited by), Chris Baldick (Edited by)Item Weight: 225gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
Title: The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
EAN: 9780199552412
ISBN: 9780199552412
Release Date: 09/11/2008
Release Year: 2008
ISBN-10: 019955241X
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Contributor: Chris Baldick (Edited by)
Book Title: Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Author: John Polidori
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Occult & Supernatural, Horror, General
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2008
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Genre: Literary Criticism, Fiction
Item Weight: 7.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
