Vampires & the Shadow World: An anthology of classic poetry & stories - Couverture rigide

Thorne, Aurora

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0753735628 ISBN 13 : 9780753735626

Editeur : Cassell, 2025

Synopsis

Dive into the shadowy depths of Vampires & the Shadow World, a mesmerising collection of classic poems and stories that pulses with the lifeblood of gothic romance and eternal desire.

This anthology invites you to explore the laments of ancient vampires, whose sorrowful verses reveal the agony and ecstasy of immortal existence. Each poem is a dark jewel, weaving tales of lovers bound by the crimson threads of fate. As you turn each page, you'll be drawn deeper into a world where passion and predation intertwine, and the macabre elegance of the vampire's life is laid bare in all its haunting beauty.

Featuring works from celebrated poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Christabel and John Keats' La Belle Dame sans Merci, this collection captures the essence of gothic horror and romantic yearning. You'll also encounter the chilling verses of Lord Byron and Edgar Allen Poe, whose words echo like whispers from the shadowy corners of the night.

Vampires & the Shadow World is the perfect companion for those enchanted by the dark, the mysterious, and the eternal.

Contents include:
- Vampires: Tales of Seducers & Shapeshifters - Dracula by Bram Stoker, 'The Metamorphoses of the Vampire' by Charles Baudelaire and 'The Vampire' by Rudyard Kipling
- Ghosts: Tales of Spirits & Shades - The Flayed Hand by Guy de Maupassant, 'Spirits of the Dead' by Edgar Allan Poe and 'A Chilly Night' by Christina Rossetti
- Shadow Creatures: Tales of Death & Darkness - The Were-Wolf by Clemence Housman, 'Darkness and the Shadow' by Edmund Clarence Stedman and 'Shadow of Nightmare' and Clark Ashton Smith

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cornwall based writer, editor and lover of all things magical and fantasy, with a touch of the macabre. Aurora is an avid devotee of Victorian and Metaphysical poetry, and is happiest when she is writing stories, reading a good book in bed, or dancing in her garden with her daughter.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Step into the shadowy world of vampires


This anthology explores the haunting and evocative lament of the vampire. Emerging from gothic tradition, the vampire is often more than a monstrous figure - they are a symbol of forbidden love, eternal longing, inner torment, and the tension between life and death. Writers were drawn to the vampire's seductive and tragic nature, using it to reflect human fears, passions, and the darker side of the soul. Works such as Lord Byron's 'The Giaour' and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Christabel established the vampire as a protagonist, blending horror with beauty, and death with desire and the supernatural.


Vampires & the Shadow World is a gateway into an eternal realm where love and death are inseparable, and where the thirst for blood mirrors a deeper thirst for meaning and belonging.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cassell
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0753735628
• ISBN 13: 9780753735626
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Hachette Ireland; info@hbgi.ie; ; 8 Castlecourt Centre, Castleknock; Dublin 15; D15 XTP3; Irlande