Title:
The poet and the vampyre : the curse of Byron and the birth of literature's greatest monsters / Andrew McConnell Stott.
ISBN:
9781605986142
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Edition:
First Pegasus Books hardback edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Physical Description:
xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
General Note:
Originally published: Edinburgh ; London : Canongate, 2013.
Contents:
St George's Day -- Directions for John -- The footing of an equal -- That odd-headed girl -- Here is a man -- An empire's dust -- Young Tahitians -- A star in the halo of the moon -- Fog of the Jura -- To die of joy -- The hero of Milan -- Household gods -- The vampyre -- Sea Sodom -- Torn clouds before the hurricane.
Summary:
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.
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OCLC Number:
ocn870098419
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
