The Poet and the Vampyre: The Curse of Byron and the Birth of Literature's Greatest Monsters It was a period of extraordinary creativity: Mary Shelley started writing Frankenstein, the gothic masterpiece of Rom. As an inexperienced medic with literary aspirations of his own, Doctor
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| Title | : | The Poet and the Vampyre: The Curse of Byron and the Birth of Literature's Greatest Monsters |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (109 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1605986143 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-15 |
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Editorial : “An excellent work of critical biography. Stott’s book reads with crispness and frequent deadpan, offering the pleasures of fiction without relying on unseemly liberties in the scholarship.” (Pacific Standard)
“Engaging reading, dotted with amusing literary anecdotes and keen observations. Stott’s ruminations about fame, portrayed here as a candle around which the writers circle like moths and burn themselves, are illuminating.” (The Dallas Morning News)
“The Poet and the Vampyre reads a little like a period noir, full of atmospheric carriage rides, aggrieved letters, and deep personal miseries.” (The Boston Globe)
“Fascinating. Stott’s book draws a hypnotic picture of celebrity. In revealing the humanity of these 19th-century icons, without ever needing to draw explicit parallels with today’s popular artists, the book makes a valuable contribution to an understanding of art and
Love affairs, literary rivalries, and the supernatural collide in an inspired journey to Lake Geneva, where Byron, the Shelleys, and John Polidori come together to create literature’s greatest monsters 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, Doctor John 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: Mary Shelley started writing Frankenstein, the gothic masterpiece of Rom
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