Author: D. L. Macdonald

In 1816, John William Polidori travelled to Geneva as Byron”s doctor. There he took part in the famous ghost-story project that inspired Frankenstein. As the medical member of the party, he contribu …

In 1816, John William Polidori travelled to Geneva as Byron’s personal physician; there he met Mary and Percy Shelley and took part in the most famous house party in literary history. To pass the tim …

D.L. Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf s edition of Frankenstein has been widely acclaimed as an outstanding edition of the novel for the general reader and the student as much as for the scholar. The ed …

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), the English novelist, playwright, poet, and composer, is best known for his Gothic novel ‘The Monk’ (1796). His literary endeavours included translations and adapti …