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."
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