The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Vampire Anthology
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933747358 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Greatest stories never read I have a Master's degree in English. And because of that I imagined that I was more than familiar with the stories of the period. I was a huge fan of all things Shelley and Byron. So it was with great pleasure that I was able to come across this anthology that was filled with vampire stories I hadn't read previously written by authors I mostly had. Better still was having the story behind the tales that Barger shares. There's something about having the story behind the story that makes me feel even more learned and educated.They are really well tied together. The tales them. "I really like his introductions" according to Joseph Ferrerosa. I really like his introductions, they're hilarious. I was thinking of making an anthology myself and I have a similar writing style. His story selection is good too especially the short story by Sands called "The Black Vampyre." Great pick up!. An Amazing Collection I am one of those "hollywood" vampire fans. From the 1931 movie based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula", I grew up enjoying these types of vampire stories. And, yes, I am a Twilight fan as well. However, to go back two hundred years, to the early 1800's and read the very first stories of vampires (vampyre) was absolutely amazing.This book provided detailed background information including much about Poe, Lord Byron and Mary Shelley. Also, I learned so much more about people I had not hear of since high school such as John Polidori, Ernst Raupach, Arthur Young, Robert C. Sands and
An anthology award finalist in the International Book Awards, this collection unleashes the greatest early vampire tales in the English language. The book contains the first vampire story by an American who was a graduate of Columbia Law School. The book further includes the first vampire stories by an Englishman and German, including the only vampire stories by such renowned authors as Alexander Dumas, Théophile Gautier and Joseph le Fanu.As readers have come to expect from Andrew, he has added his scholarly touch to this collection by including story backgrounds, annotations, author photos and a foreword titled "With Teeth." The ground-breaking stories are:1819 The Vampyre - John Polidori (1795-1821)1823 Wake Not the Dead - Ernst Raupach (1784-1852)1848 The Vampire of the Carpathian Mountains - Alexander Dumas (1802-1870)1839 Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter - Joseph le Fanu (1814-1873)1826 Pepopukin in Corsica - Arthur Young (1741-1820)1819 The Black Vampyre: A Legend of Saint Domingo - Robert C. In doing so, Andrew unearthed the second and third vampire stories originally published in the English language, neither printed since their first publication nearly 200 years ago. Andrew Barger combed forgotten journals and mysterious texts to collect the very best v
Fascinating insight into the beginning of the vampire legend in modern Western Europe. Gothic Readers Book Club
. He is a leading voice in the Gothic literature space. He is the editor of EDGAR ALLAN POE ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED ENTIRE STORIES AND POEMS, THE BEST GHOST STORIES 1800-1849: A CLASSIC GHOST ANTHOLOGY and THE BEST WEREWOLF SHORT STORIES 1800-1849: A CLASSIC WEREWOLF ANTHOLOGY.Andrew's first short story collectio