Overview

Edward Bulwer-Lytton--who coined the terms ""the great unwashed"" and ""the pen is mightier than the sword""--is best remembered for persuading Dickens to change the ending of Great Expectations; but Lord Lytton was a prolific and influential novelist in his own right, inspiring Edgar Allan Poe, H. Rider Haggard and Madame Blavatsky, among others. His radicalism was applauded by William Godwin, the father of both Mary Shelley and the anarchist movement, and his ideas about power foreshadowed those of Friedrich Nietzsche. Fascinated by crime, Bulwer-Lytton was an outspoken critic of his society, both in his novels and throughout his political career. Equally fascinated by paranormal phenomena, he wrote two of the most important occult fantasies in English literature and set the agenda of the Society for Psychical Research. His historical romance The Last Days of Pompeii has inspired several movies and a star-studded television series, while his stately home at Knebworth has provided brooding Gothic backdrops for many other films. This book covers Bulwer-Lytton's novels in detail, exploring their influence on writers and film makers and, via Richard Wagner's operatic adaptation of Rienzi, the catastrophe of Adolf Hitler.

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Author:   David Huckvale
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9780786499489

ISBN 10:   0786499486
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   14 December 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Author’s Note Introduction One—Edward ­Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) Two—Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman (1828) Three—The Disowned (1828) Four—Devereux (1829) Five—Paul Clifford (1830) Six—Eugene Aram: A Tale (1832) Seven—Godolphin (1833) Eight—The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) and The Pilgrims of the Rhine (1834) Nine—Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes (1835) Ten—Ernest Maltravers (1836) and Alice (1838) First Interlude—Leila; or, The Siege of Granada (1838), Zicci: A Tale (1838) and Early Victorian Occultism Eleven—Night and Morning (1841) Twelve—Zanoni (1842) Thirteen—The Last of the Barons (1843) Fourteen—Lucretia; or, The Children of the Night (1846) Fifteen—Harold—The Last of the Saxon Kings (1848) Second Interlude—Bulwer-Lytton’s Realist Period: The Caxtons: A Family Picture (1849), My Novel; or, Varieties in English Life (1853), What Will He Do with It? (1858), and “The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain” (1859) Sixteen—A Strange Story (1862) Seventeen—The Coming Race (1871) Epilogue: Kenelm Chillingly—His Adventures and Opinions (1873) and Knebworth House Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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this is a very readable and enjoyable exploration of a unique literary figure's life and work --<i>Mystery Scene<i>.

this is a very readable and enjoyable exploration of a unique literary figure's life and work --Mystery Scene.

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David Huckvale has worked as a researcher, writer and presenter for BBC Radio and as a lecturer for various universities in England. He lives in rural Bedfordshire.

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