(My) Our Favourite Hero in (My) Our Favourite Genre: A Literature Review

The Byronic hero is arguably the most enduring literary archetype of the Romantic period, originating from Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and then developed across his subsequent works. While critics have traced its legacy into Gothic fiction and popular romance, its transformation through the Brontës’ heroes, Heathcliff and Rochester, particularly within the contemporary subgenre of [ ]