The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold. or the Modern Oedipus, Paperback - John William Polidori

Publisher: Broadview Press LtdAuthor(s): John William PolidoriNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 142 x 216 x 21Cover type: Paper...

Reducere. When Aubrey, a young Englishman, meets a mysterious man from London high society, Lord Ruthven, they become unlikely friends. Shortly after, Aubrey...

The compelling works of John William Polidori (1795-1821) such as "The Vampyre" and "Ernestus Berchtold", exerted a powerful hold over literature a...

Reducere. The progenitor of the romantic vampire genre.

Reducere. DescriptionA new, annotated edition of three of the nineteenth century's best horror stories: The Vampyre: A Tale by John William Polidori, 1819 Ca...

Reducere. Fifteen chilling tales recount some of the earliest examples of vampire lore ever published. Gothic tales, traditional folklore, satire, psychologi...

John Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre"(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The ...

John Polidori's classic tale of the vampyre was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Set in Ita...

Reducere. What happens when writers vacation together ...And challenge each other to write ghost stories?On a stormy night in 1816, the writers Mary Shelley,...

Reducere. What happens when writers vacation together ...And challenge each other to write ghost stories?On a stormy night in 1816, the writers Mary Shelley,...

The Vampire is a short work of vampire fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori. The work is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic...

Reducere. Around two hundred years ago the famous writer Lord Byron rented the mansion known as the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva. Accompanying Byron, among o...

Modern Novel Writing. Or The Elegant Enthusiast - William Beckford

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: SophoclesTranslator: E. H. PlumptreIntroduction by: John William WhiteThe second Theban play written by Sophocles, "Oedipus...

In late September 2005, Robert Polidori traveled to New Orleans to record the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina and by the city's broken leve...

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The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Theban Trilogy consists of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone - together these tell the tragic story of Oedipus the ...

The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three pl...

DescriptionThe timeless Theban tragedies of Sophocles--Oedipus the Tyrant, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone--have fascinated and moved audiences an...

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Ancient Athens produced three great tragic writers - Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Of the three Sophocles has in many ways remained the most ...

Reducere. The three Theban plays, Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, stand at the pinnacle of Greek tragedy. Even today they hold audiences t...

Reducere. The most notorious "Penny Dreadful" Pulp-Lit Productions is proud to present this new edition of Varney the Vampire*, the most scandalous example o...

Reducere. The most notorious "Penny Dreadful" Pulp-Lit Productions is proud to present this new edition of Varney the Vampire*, the most scandalous example o...

Reducere. Sophocles, along with Aeschylus and Euripides, is considered one of three important ancient Greek tragedians. Writing during the 5th century BC, So...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): John William PowellIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 252Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 23...

Reducere. DescriptionFrench Jesuit Henri de Lubac (1896-1991) was arguably the most revolutionary yet under-acknowledged theologian of the twentieth century....

Informs and elucidates the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945.

Reducere. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankens...