Vampire literature
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Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock
Artwork based on Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, an early and influential work of vampire literature.
Vampires appeared commonly in 20th-century literature, such as in this 1936 issue of Weird Tales.
First edition book cover of 'Salem's Lot (1975), a vampire tale by Stephen King
The Vampyre
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"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 Perc
Vampire literature
…literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), inspired by a story told to him by Lord Byron. Later influential works include The Family of the Vourdalak (1839) by Aleksey Konstantinovich…
1819 title page, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London.
The New Monthly Magazine, 1 April 1819.