The Vampyre ; And, Ernestus Berchtold, Or, The Modern Oedipus: Collected Fiction of John William PolidoriUniversity of Toronto Press, 1994 - 197 pages As part of the same project that birthed Frankenstein, Polidori (1795-1821) completed the first modern vampire story after Lord Byron abandoned it. Here are the text, textual variants, and copious notes and commentary both for that story and for Polidori's original contribution to the project. Also includes Byron's initial fragment. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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