O Vampiro | Carmilla - Polidori, John

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Biographie:
John William Polidori (1795 - 1821) was an English writer and physician. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. His most successful work was the short story The Vampyre (1819), the first published modern vampire story. Although originally and erroneously accredited to Lord Byron, both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the story is Polidori's....

Sommaire:
Esta edi??o re?ne os textos integrais de dois dos cl?ssicos absolutos que contribu?ram de maneira decisiva para o estabelecimento do g?nero g?tico como um todo: O Vampiro, de JohnPolidori, e Carmilla, de Sheridan LeFanu. Duas narrativas que exploram o lado sombrio da humanidade e mergulham nas profundezas do desconhecido, com toques singulares de sensualidade, mist?rio e o fasc?nio pela escurid?o t?o apreciados pelos amantes da literatura g?tica....