The Legacy of John Polidori. The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny, Hardback/***

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. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Illustration(s): 15 black & white illustrations Number of pages: 336 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 164 x 242 x 25 Cover type: Hardback Editor(s): Bill Hughes