商品簡介
Huckvale cites commonalities between Richard Wagner and Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873): “a radical youth turned reactionary in older age, an immense reputation in life, posthumously tainted by association with the Nazis, a love of luxurious surroundings, a romantic fascination with chivalry, history and magic, and immense wealth." The prolific Bulwer-Lytton outsold as well as influenced Dickens and many other authors—Richard Wagner, Bram Stoker, George Bernard Shaw, H.P. Lovecraft, inter alia. In his time he achieved a popularity never before realized by an author. Huckvale aims to explore some of the ways in which Bulwer-Lytton inspired other writers, artists and musicians, to identify the various themes which unite his many novels, to suggest ways in which, via the history of ideas, some of his writings affected twentieth century history, to even perhaps reestablishing his popularity. While Bulwer-Lytton's output covered many genres, he had three life-long preoccupations: the psychology of criminals and the social causes of crime, the occult, and power. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
David Huckvale is a writer and researcher, who lives in England only 25 miles from Bulwer-Lytton’s Knebworth House. He has worked for BBC Radio and various universities in England.
