The vampyre family : the curse of Byron
Stott, Andrew McConnell, 1969-2013
Book
Total copies: 1
In the spring of 1816, Lord Byron was the greatest poet of his generation and the most famous man in Britain, but his personal life was about to erupt. Fleeing his celebrity, notoriety and debts, he sought refuge in Europe, taking his young doctor with him. As an inexperienced medic with literary aspirations of his own, Dr Polidori could not believe his luck. That summer another literary star also arrived in Geneva. With Percy Bysshe Shelley came his lover, Mary and her step-sister Claire Clairmont. For the next three months, this party of young bohemians shared their lives, charged with sexual and artistic tensions. It was a period of extraordinary creativity from which would emerge 'Frankenstein', the gothic masterpiece of Romantic fiction, Byron's 'Childe Harold', Shelley's 'Mont Blanc', and 'The Vampyre' by John Polidori, the first great vampire novel.
Main title:
The vampyre family : the curse of Byron / by Andrew Stott.
Author:
Stott, Andrew McConnell, 1969-, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2013.
Collation:
1 volume ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781847678713 (hbk)9780857868947 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
820.9'145820.9145
LC class:
PR457
Language:
English
Subject:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Friends and associatesByron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Homes and haunts -- SwitzerlandPolidori, John William, 1795-1821Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane, 1798-1879Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822Expatriate authors -- SwitzerlandAuthors, English -- SwitzerlandEnglish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismRomanticismLiteratureLiterature
BRN:
248468