{"product_id":"the-vampyre-and-ernestus-berchtold-or-the-modern-oedipus-9781551117454","title":"The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold: or the Modern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1816, John William Polidori travelled to Geneva as Lord Byron’s personal physician. There they met Mary Godwin (later Shelley) and her lover Percy Shelley and decided to while away a wet summer by writing ghost stories. The only two to complete their stories were Mary Shelley, who published \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e in 1818, and Polidori, whose The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold were both published in 1819.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e, based on a discarded idea of Byron’s, is the first portrayal of the alluring vampire figure familiar to readers of Bram Stoker and Anne Rice. \u003ci\u003eErnestus Berchtold\u003c\/i\u003e scandalously draws on the rumours of Byron’s affair with his half-sister for a Faustian updating of the myth of Oedipus, which it combines with an account of the struggle of Swiss patriots against the Napoleonic invasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong with Polidori’s work, this edition also includes stories read and written by the travellers in the Genevan summer of 1816 and contemporary responses to \u003ci\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eErnestus Berchtold\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e is back again and in very welcome fashion. The editors, including the world’s ranking expert on Polidori, have provided us with a very useful edition of one of the classic Romantic horror stories, together with an odd but compelling version of a ‘modern Oedipus.’ The latter should interest everyone, since, as Freud contends, the Oedipus story ‘might have been ours.’ The edition makes easily accessible a number of the other texts invoked in and produced by the most famous horror- and ghost-writing contest of all time, including works by Byron and P.B. Shelley. Altogether this is a highly useful volume and a not-so-guilty pleasure.” ― Ian Balfour, York University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eJohn William Polidori: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Texts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vampyre: A Tale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eErnestus Berchtold; or,The Modern Œdipus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Ghost Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eTales of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e (1813)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Family Portraits”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Death-Bride”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLord Byron, “A Fragment” (1819)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP.B. Shelley, “Fragment of a Ghost-Story” (1816)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP.B. Shelley, “Journal at Geneva (including Ghost Stories)” (1816)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Contemporary Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEdinburgh Monthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e 1 (1819)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMonthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e 89 (May-August 1819)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eErnestus Berchtold; or, the Modern Œdipus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEdinburgh Monthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e 4 (1820)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEuropean Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e 76 (1819)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLiterary Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e 136 (28 August 1819)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited and Recommended Reading\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041306575191,"sku":"9781551117454","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551117454.jpg?v=1750949743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-vampyre-and-ernestus-berchtold-or-the-modern-oedipus-9781551117454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}