The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
- ISBN-10
- 0192832913
- ISBN-13
- 9780192832917
- Series
- The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Robert Morrison, Chris Baldick
Description
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, while the Introduction surveys the genesis and influence of "The Vampyre" and its central themes and techniques.
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