John William Polidori, skildere troch F.G. Gainsford

John William Polidori (Londen, 7 septimber 1795 – dêre, 24 augustus 1821) wie in Ingelsk skriuwer en dokter fan Italjaansk komôf.

Hy wurdt faak beskôge as de inysjator fan it fampierferhaalsjênre yn de literatuer. Syn meast ferneamde wurk is The Vampyre (1819), in koart ferhaal yn de tradysje fan de 'gothic novel' dat er skreau doe't er mei Percy en Mary Shelley op besite wie by Lord Byron yn in filla oan de Mar fan Sjenêve.

Wurk

  • A Medical Inaugural Dissertation which deals with the disease called Oneirodynia, for the degree of Medical Doctor, Edinboarch (1815)
  • On the Punishment of Death (1816)
  • An Essay Upon the Source of Positive Pleasure (1818)
  • The Vampyre: A Tale (1819)
  • Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus: A Tale (1819)
  • Ximenes, The Wreath and Other Poems (1819)
  • The Fall of the Angels: A Sacred Poem (1821)
  • The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori (1816)
  • Sketches Illustrative Of The Manners And Costumes Of France, Switzerland And Italy( 1821)

Literatuer

  • Christopher Frayling, Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula (1992) ISBN 0-571-16792-6
  • Emmanuel Carrère, Gothic Romance, orig. Bravoure (1984) ISBN 0-684-19199-7

Keppelings om utens

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