Título:
The poet and the vampyre : the curse of Byron and the birth of literature's greatest monsters / Andrew McConnell Stott.
ISBN:
9781605986142
Autor personal:
Edición:
First Pegasus Books hardback edition.
Información de publicación:
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Descripción física:
xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Nota general:
Originally published: Edinburgh ; London : Canongate, 2013.
Contenido:
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.
Síntesis:
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.
Materia personal:
DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn870098419
Disponibilidad:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
