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 Biography of John William Polidori
3569 words, approx. 11.9 pages
 When John William Polidori, then twenty years old and fresh from medical school, accepted George Gordon, Lord Byron's invitation to accompany him as personal physician on a tour of the Continent early in 1816, he had just the opportunity he needed to lau...
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 The Vampyre Information
2,054 words, approx. 7 pages
 "The Vampyre" is a short story written by John William Polidori and is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. "The Vampyre" was first published on April 1, 1819, by Colburn in the New Monthly Magazine with the false attribution...
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 Opera News Marschner: Der Vampyr / Franz Hawlata
02/01/2002: 617 words, approx. 2 pages OPERA AND ORATORIO Marschner: Der Vampyr * Klepper Hoffman; Kaufmann, Hawlata, Marquardt; Orchestra and Chorus of the WDR Rundfunk, Koln, Froschauer. Text. Capriccio 60083 (2) Franz Hawlata "MEPHISTO" Scenes and arias by Gounod, Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Boito, Schumann, Spohr and Mussorgsky Orchestra... summary from source:
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 Literary Criticism
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 Judith Barbour
9,413 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Barbour uses Polidori's The Vampyre to explore the figure of the vampire in the Romantic literary imagination.
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Critical Essay by Patricia L. Skarda
6,669 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Skarda contends that the plot of The Vampyre and the personal histories of Byron and Polidori "demonstrate the essential vampirism inherent in the powerful influence of a strong talent on a weak one. "
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Critical Essay by Christopher Frayling
5,902 words, approx. 20 pages
Frayling is an English educator and critic who has written extensively on modern popular culture. In the following excerpt, he discusses Polidori's Vampyre in relation to several types of literary vampire in modern European fiction.
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