O nawiedzonych i nawiedzających by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Between 18 he wrote 11 novels, two long poems, one play, and a history of Athens in three volumes, as well as essays and reviews. Forced to fend for himself, he became a novelist - an interesting career choice for a young aristocrat, but he was extremely diligent. Edward’s mother didn’t approve of the match, and cut off his inheritance. It would prove to be one of the all-time worst marriages. He married young, to an Irish beauty called Rosina Doyle Wheeler. He grew up in Knebworth, wandering around its estate, imagining himself as the hero of medieval romances and Gothic ghost stories. But we’ll begin with a little about his life.Įdward was the youngest child of the pairing of two aristocratic and eccentric families, the Bulwers of Heydon Hall and the Lyttons of Knebworth House. First, the idea of a secret order of superpowered magi second, his idea of the ‘dweller on the threshold’ and finally, the idea of the evolution of occult superbeings. We’ll look at three of his contributions to New Age culture and to our theme of spiritual eugenics. His ideas inspired the Theosophical Society and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and through them contemporary New Age occulture. He was a key figure in the occult revival of the late-19th century. His ‘catastrophic decline in popularity’ since his death is a lesson in how fashions change, and literary hype passes.īut there is one part of culture where Lytton had a huge and continuing impact: New Age spirituality. When he was buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey, Benjamin Jowett heralded him as ‘one of England’s greatest writers and one of the most distinguished men of our time’. 9.But in his lifetime, the Earl of Lytton was a Cabinet minister and one of the most successful Victorian novelists - his popularity rivalled that of his friend, Charles Dickens. Kenelm Chillingly: his adventures and opinion. 9, has introduction by Lytton's son dated 1882īound in blue-green cloth elaborately blind-stamped with cover title and spine lettering in gold When prefaces are included, usually are from more than one edition Date range from Dictionary of Literary Biography, v.

O nawiedzonych i nawiedzających by Edward Bulwer-Lytton