Poor Polidori: A Critical Biography of the Author of The Vampyre

D.L. Macdonald

Published by University of Toronto Press 1991

Poor Polidori

A Critical Biography of the Author of The Vampyre

D.L. Macdonald

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442678637

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About this book

Polidori's life, through short and unsuccessful, provides an opportunity for a new look at the Romantic period.

Author / Editor information

Macdonald D.L. :

D.L. MACDONALD is assistant professor in the Department of English, University of Calgary, author of Poor Polidari: A Critical Biography of the Author of the Vampyre, and co-editor of The Writer and Human Rights and Flaws in the Pattern: Human Rights in Literature.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Part One. Before Byron: 1795-1816
1. Beginnings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The University of Edinburgh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. Ximenes: The Modern Abraham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
4. Oneirodynia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
5. 'On the Punishment of Death' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Part Two. Byron: 1816
6. Negotiations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
7. Travels with Byron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
8. A Star in the Halo of the Moon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
9. Ghost Stories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
10. A Series of Slight Quarrels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Part Three. After Byron: 1816-1821
11. Crossing the Alps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
12. Milan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
13. Travels in Italy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
14. Norwich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
15. An Essay upon the Source of Positive Pleasure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
16. London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
17. The Scandal of The Vampyre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
18. Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
19. The Fall of the Angels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
20. Death and Afterlife Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400

eBook

Published: April 1, 1991
ISBN: 9781442678637