Ernestus Berchtold; or The Modern Oedipus: A Tale

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ERNESTUS BERCHTOLD scandalously draws on the rumours of Byron's affair with his half-sister for a Faustian updating of the myth of Oedipus, which it combines with an account of the struggle of Swiss patriots against the Napoleonic invasion. [From the back cover of the Broadview Press edition (2008) which also contains Polidori's THE VAMPYRE, and is also availabe on LibGen.]

Author(s): Polidori, John William
Edition: 1
Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Year: 1819

Language: English
Pages: 275
City: London
Tags: Gothic Fiction

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