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This collection explores the genesis of John Polidori's foundational novella The Vampyre (1819). It then tracks his bloodsucking progeny across the centuries and maps his disquieting legacy from the melodramatic vampire theatricals in the 1820s, through further Gothic fictions and horror films, to twenty-first century paranormal romance. -- .

The Legacy of John Polidori

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 1/1/2024
    ISBN13: 9781526166388, 978-1526166388
    ISBN10: 1526166380
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    Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

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    Book Synopsis
    This collection explores the genesis of John Polidori's foundational novella The Vampyre (1819). It then tracks his bloodsucking progeny across the centuries and maps his disquieting legacy from the melodramatic vampire theatricals in the 1820s, through further Gothic fictions and horror films, to twenty-first century paranormal romance. -- .

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