| "The Vampyre" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by John William Polidori | |
_-_Vampyre,_1819.jpg) 1819 title page, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London. | |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror short story |
| Publication | |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Publisher | The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register; London: H. Colburn, 1814–1820. Vol. 1, No. 63. |
| Media type | Print (Periodical and Paperback) |
| Publication date | 1 April 1819 |
| Pages | p.195–206 |
"The Vampyre" is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori, taken from the story told by Lord Byron as part of a contest among Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.[1] "The Vampyre" is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction.[2] The work is described by Christopher Frayling as "the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre."[3]
- ^ "The Vampyre by John Polidori". The British Library. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Frayling, Christopher (1992), Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula, London: Faber & Faber, p. 108, ISBN 0-571-16792-6