02777cam a2200481 4500 758877770 TxAuBib 20141124120000.0 140206s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781605986142 hardback $29.95 1605986143 hardback $29.95 (OCoLC)870098419 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX UPZ UKMGB JAI ZHB RS$ UOK VP@ ABG CDX JHE UAB NKM ZLM IXA MEU OCLCF TxGR TxAuBib Stott, Andrew McConnell, 1969-, author. Vampyre Family. The Poet and the Vampyre [Book] : the Curse of Byron and the Birth of Literature's Greatest Monsters / Andrew McConnell Stott. First Pegasus Books hardback edition. New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014. xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm. Originally published: Edinburgh ; London : Canongate, 2013. Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-415) and index. 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. 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. 20141124. Text in English. Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 Friends and associates. Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 Homes and haunts Switzerland. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft 1797-1851 Friends and associates. Shelley, Percy Bysshe 1792-1822 Friends and associates. Polidori, John William 1795-1821 Friends and associates. Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane 1798-1879. Polidori, John William 1795-1821 Vampyre. Romanticism. English literature 19th century History and criticism. Authors, English Switzerland. Expatriate authors Switzerland. Monsters in literature. Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character.) Vampires in literature. Supernatural in literature. Horror tales, English 19th century History and criticism. RV8