But that doesn't stop his vampire ghost from haunting his niece, the poet Christina Rossetti, who, along with her brother Dante, has come to depend on her late uncle's spirit for literary inspiration. When the novel begins, Polidori is dead, having committed suicide decades before. So it's fitting, in a weird way, that Polidori is the vampire antagonist in Hide Me Among the Graves, the 13th novel from fantasy writer and steampunk pioneer Tim Powers. It's likely none of this would be possible were it not for John Polidori, whose 1819 short story "The Vampyre" was the first popular English-language tale about the supernatural beings.
What music they make!" These days, young people's impressions of vampires are colored more by the Twilight series of books and movies depicting the creatures as pretty emo kids whose primary hobbies are moping and loitering in trees. Eighty years ago, Bela Lugosi became an intimidating, if campy, Dracula, intoning, "Listen to them. Stories about the bloodsucking villains have been around, in one form or another, for centuries, although it wasn't until the early 19th century that English-language writers began spinning tales about the fiends. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Hide Me Among The Graves Author Tim Powers
0 kommentar(er)
