Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of his Life
by George Gordon Byron
2020-12-30 07:36:20
Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of his Life
by George Gordon Byron
2020-12-30 07:36:20
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824) is one of the central writers of British Romanticism and his ''Byronic'' hero - the charming, dashing, rebellious outsider - remains a literary archetype. But to what extent is this ch...
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George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824) is one of the central writers of British Romanticism and his ''Byronic'' hero - the charming, dashing, rebellious outsider - remains a literary archetype. But to what extent is this character a portrayal of the author himself? Byron was known for his extremely unconventional, eccentric character and his extravagant and flamboyant lifestyle: he had numerous scandalous love affairs, including a suspiciously close relationship with his half-sister Augusta Leigh. Lady Caroline Lamb, one of his lovers, famously described him as ''mad, bad and dangerous to know''. This two-volume work, compiled by his friend Thomas Moore, to whom Byron had given his manuscript memoirs (which he later burnt), was published in 1830. Volume 1 gives an account of Byron''s early life, including his time as a star of the literary scene in London, and ends with his departure from the country in 1816.
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