There's an excellent essay by Barbara Barnett about House as a Byronic hero, which I highly recommend if you have any interest in such things. I also rec'd it on my 19thc_britlit along with some blathering of my own, some of which I hope is enlightening, and some very enlightening comments by a good friend of mine, Jim Merrill. You can find it all right here.

"A disease that attacks his brain, heart, and testicles. I think Byron wrote about that."--Dr. Gregory House, House, M.D.