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Jan 1, 2022 · John William Polidori (1795–1821) was the oldest of eight children born to Italian emigré Gaetano Polidori and English governess, Anna Pierce. As a young child he was sent to the newly opened, but remote, Ampleforth College run by Benedictine monks, in Yorkshire, where he spent much a good deal of time away from his family.
From The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori: 1816, Relating to Byron, Shelley, etc. ed. William Michael Rossetti (London: Elkin Mathews, 1911), pp. 96-135 {96} May 25. . -- Left Lausanne, after having looked at a bookseller's, who showed me a fine collection of bad books for four
The Vampyre is a short novel 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 “A Tale by Lord Byron.” The name of the work’s protagonist, “Lord Ruthven”, added to ...
John Polidori. John William Polidori, född 7 september 1795 i London, död 24 augusti 1821 i London, var en italiensk - engelsk författare och läkare, associerad med romantiken genom att ingå i samma litterära kretsar som Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley och Claire Clairmont och inspiratör till vampyrromanen genom novellen ...
May 8, 2015 · The Diary ofDr. John William Polidori. A person whose name finds mention in the books about Byron, and to some extent in those about Shelley, was John William Polidori, M.D.; he was Lord Byron's travelling physician in 1816, when his Lordship quitted England soon after the separation from his wife. I, who now act as Editor of his Diary, am a ...
John William Polidori 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 the oldest son of Gaetano Polidori, an Italian political émigré scholar, and Anna Maria Pierce, a governess.
Dec 12, 1993 · John William Polidori 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 the oldest son of Gaetano Polidori, an Italian political émigré scholar, and Anna Maria Pierce, a governess.
