ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"The Vampyre” is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori taken from the story Lord Byron told 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The vampire first made its way into English literature in John Polidori’s 1819 short story “The Vampyre”. Polidori’s vampire, Lord Ruthven, is inspired by a thinly disguised portrait of the predatory English poet, Lord Byron, in Lady Caroline Lamb’s novel Glenarvon (1816).

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Vampyre Summary. Aubrey, a wealthy young man, orphaned as a child, meets the mysterious Lord Ruthven at a social event in London. Lord Ruthven is intense and slightly unnerving, but people cannot help being fascinated by him.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first prose vampire story published in English is believed to be John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” (1819), about a mysterious aristocrat named Lord Ruthven who seduces young women only to drain their blood and disappear.