Polidori's 'The Vampyre': Composition, Publication, Deception.
This article presents a detailed new analysis of the conception, composition, publication, and immediate reception of John William Polidori's influential story, 'The Vampyre' (1819), first attributed to Lord Byron. Polidori was instrumental in publishing the tale – and did so with a certain guile as...
| Publicado en: | Romanticism Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 46 - 60 |
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Edinburgh University Press
Apr2022
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