Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre

Produktbeschreibung

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." 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
Chronology of the Magazines
The Vampyre
Sir Guy Eveling's Dream
Confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman
Edward BulwerMonos and Daimonos
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
Appendix A: Preliminaries for `The Vampyre'
Appendix B: John Polidori, Note on the Vampyre
Appendix C: Lord Byron: `Augustus Darvell'
Biographical Notes, Explanatory Notes 

Autoreninfo

Chris Baldick is Head of English at Goldsmith's College, University of London. Robert Morrison is Associate Professor of English at Acadia University, Canada.