The Dangerous Lover: Gothic Villians, Byronism, and the Nineteenth-Century Seduction Narrative

by Deborah Lutz

Book Overview

The dangerous lover has haunted our culture for over two hundred years; English, American, and European literature is permeated with his erotic presence. The Dangerous Lover takes seriously the ubiquity of the brooding romantic hero--his dark past, his remorseful and rebellious exile from comfortable everyday living. Deborah Lutz traces the recent history of this figure, through the melancholy iconoclasm of the Romantics, the lost soul redeemed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814252869
• ISBN13: 9780814252864
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"