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John William Polidori (7 September 1795 – 24 August 1821) was a British writer and physician. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. His most successful work was the short story "The Vampyre" (1819), the first published modern vampire story.
- University of Edinburgh
- Frances Polidori (sister)
- Gaetano Polidori, Anna Maria Pierce
Publication date. 1 April 1819. Pages. p.195–206. " The Vampyre " is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori taken from the story Lord Byron told as part of a contest among Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [1] ".
- England
- 1 April 1819
- English
- The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register; London: H. Colburn, 1814–1820. Vol. 1, No. 63.
Jan 26, 2010 · John William Polidori. Quoted verbatim from Wikipedia (1/26/2010) (7 September 1795 24 August 1821) was an English writer and physician of Italian descent. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction . His most successful work was the 1819 short story ...
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John William Polidori. 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.
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- August 24, 1821
- September 7, 1795
Sep 25, 2023 · Abstract. Vampires in the eighteenth century are commonly assumed to have been monstrous undead peasants who slew indiscriminately and with no intellectual rationale, and that it was only with the publication of John William Polidori’s tale “The Vampyre” (1819) that the creatures became alluringly aristocratic.
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Jul 1, 2004 · About this eBook. Author. Polidori, John William, 1795-1821. Title. The Vampyre; a Tale. Note. The Vampyre was published in the April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine and was there erroneously attributed to Lord Byron. Credits. Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer.
John William Polidori. John William Polidori (7 September 1795 -24 August 1821) was the son of Gaetano Polidori, a Tuscan man of letters and at one point secretary to the dramatist Vittorio Alfieri, who had emigrated to England where he married a Miss Pierce and settled in London as a teacher of Italian. John was educated at Ampleforth ...
