Frankenstein: Texts and Contexts

This poem by F.H.B. accuses Byron of perverting his gift of poetry by adopting a stance separate from that of humanity.

On Byron's personality and the creation of his public persona.

Prof. Charles E. Robinson suggests that Byron may have served as the model for Victor Frankenstein.

An illustrated medical text on the surgical treatment of club foot; a condition from which Lord Byron suffered and disguised to the best of his ability.

A biographical sketch with links to his poetry.

An anthology of writings on the psychologically tortured, proud, rebellious, cynical, and lonely antihero, which Byron came to symbolize. From The Norton Anthology of English Archive.