MANFRED Is this the 12 across clue perchance?
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"Manfred" of course.
Lord Byron.
a Gothic hero is a variant of the romantic hero as a type of character, named after the English romantic poet lord Byron's. Both Byron's life and writings have been considered in different ways to exemplify the type.
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Mary Shelley wrote her first gothic story "Frankenstein" while staying in Switzerland with the poet Lord Byron and her future husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The Castle of Chillon Most of the earliest fractions of the castle have not been specifically dated but ...The poet behind "The Prisoner of Chillon", Lord Byron, made The Châteu of Chillon popular. ... prisoner Francois Bonivard, who was a Swiss loyalist and historian. ...He was confined in the dungeon in chains by the Duke of savoy.
Mary Shelley was with her soon-to-be husband Percy Bysshe Shelley when she began writing gothic stories. They were part of a literary circle that included Lord Byron and John Polidori, both of whom also wrote gothic works.
Martyn Corbett has written: 'Byron and tragedy' -- subject(s): Dramatic works, Tragedy
The Gothic era influenced Romantic poets by inspiring themes of mystery, the supernatural, and the sublime in their poetry. Poets like Wordsworth, Byron, and Coleridge drew upon Gothic elements such as ruins, darkness, and the unknown to evoke intense emotions and explore the depths of the human experience in their works.
Byron in 1814.Lord Byron