Lord Byron England; Friedrich Nietzsche admired him, and the Byronic hero was echoed in Nietzsche's superman. The Byronic hero presents an idealised, but flawed character whose attributes include: great talent; great passion; a distaste for society and social institutions; a lack of respect for rank and privilege (although possessing both); being thwarted in love by social constraint or death; rebellion; exile; an unsavory secret past; arrogance; overconfidence or lack of foresight; and, ultimately, a self-destructive manner. These types of characters have since become ubiquitous in literature and politics. <includeonly></includeonly><noinclude> Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19
Lord Byron in popular culture Dan Chapman's 2010 vampire novella "The Postmodern Malady of Dr. Peter Hudson" begins at the time of Lord Byron's death and uses biographical information about him in the construction of its title character. It also directly quotes some of his work. John Crowley's book "" (2005) involves the rediscovery of a lost manuscript by Lord Byron, as do Frederic Prokosch's "The Missolonghi Manuscript" (1968), "The Secret Memoir of Lord Byron " by Christopher Nicole (1979) and Robert Nye's "Memoirs of Lord Byron" (1989). "The Black Drama" by Manly Wade Wellman, originally published in "Weird Tales", involves the rediscovery and production