| The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold; Or, the Modern Oedipus Critical Edition Contributor(s): Polidori, John William (Author), MacDonald, D. L. (Editor), Scherf, Kathleen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1551117452 ISBN-13: 9781551117454 Publisher: Broadview Press Inc OUR PRICE: $22.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008270195 |
| Series: Broadview Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating but shadowy figure of Romanticism, John Polidori was the sensitive but fierce writer behind one of literature's most notorious characters-- the vampyre. This short story reveals the seductive figure of evil, who continues to exert a powerful influence over popular culture and who cemented Polidori's status within the Gothic tradition. This collection also makes available many of Polidori's lesser-known and hard-to-find works, including a medical thesis on nightmares, an essay on the source of pleasures, poetry and personal diaries, and the novel "Modern Oedipus," These works combine to help illuminate and deepen the reader's understanding of Romanticism and the Gothic. |