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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 John Polidori Information
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 John William Polidori (7 September 1795 – 24 August 1821) was an Italian English physician and writer, known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. Polidori was...
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 The Washington Post Dr. Polidori's Pilgrimage
06/05/2007: 910 words, approx. 3 pages IMPOSTURE By Benjamin Markovits Norton. 200 pp. Paperback, $13.95 Changing the course of modern horror literature is a piece of cake when you follow these basic steps. First, join a group of bored British expats, stranded by rain in the Villa... summary from source:
Art in America Robert Polidori at Pace/MacGill.(New York)
12/01/2003: 465 words, approx. 2 pages Scrawled on a red chalkboard in an ordinary schoolroom are white Cyrillic letters that translate: "There's no return. Farewell. Pripyat, 28 April 1986." This note found above broken desks is an incidental relic of a town in a restricted area known as an exclusion...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by D. L. Macdonald
8,690 words, approx. 29 pages
In the first full-length critical biography of Polidori, Macdonald acknowledges Polidori's marginal status as a literary figure, but suggests that Polidori's life and works, as well as his relationships with more renowned contemporaries, are worthy of scholarly study. In the following excerpt from that work, Macdonald examines the novel Ernestus Berchtold.
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Letter by George Gordon, Lord Byron
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Byron kept closely in touch with his publisher John Murray during his travels. In 1817—nearly a year after Byron and Polidori had parted company—Murray wrote to Byron that "Polidori has sent me his tragedy! Do me the kindness to send by return of post a delicate declension of it, which I engage faithfully to copy. " Byron responded with the humorous verse excerpted below, which is written in character as Murray, declining the drama on the grounds that play publication was provin... summary from source:
Critical Essay by European Magazine
409 words, approx. 1 pages
In the following review, the anonymous critic briefly describes the plot and subject matter of Ernestus Berchtold.
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