{"product_id":"a-dark-and-stormy-oeuvre-david-huckvale-9780786499489","title":"A Dark and Stormy Oeuvre: Crime, Magic and Power in the Novels of Edward Bulwer-Lytton","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e His historical romance \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Pompeii\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eRienzi\u003c\/i\u003e, the catastrophe of Adolf Hitler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Huckvale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786499486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786499489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"David Huckvale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483689365759,"sku":"9780786499489","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4e39ecb-5fdd-473a-b912-885db68a00a7.jpg?v=1778040021","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-dark-and-stormy-oeuvre-david-huckvale-9780786499489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}