Andrew Stauffer

Byron: A Life in Ten Letters

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Produktbeschreibung

A Byron biography like no other - published to mark the bicentennial of his death - it tells the remarkable life story of the celebrated Romantic poet through ten of his best, most resonant letters. Using Byron's correspondence, Stauffer relates a vivid and engaging story of creativity, fame, sexual transgression and scandal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009599412
• ISBN-10: 1009599410
• Artikelnr.: 72804680

Autorenporträt

Andrew Stauffer is Professor of English at the University of Virginia and the President of the Byron Society of America. He is the author of Anger, Revolution, and Romanticism (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and of Book Traces: Nineteenth-Century Readers and the Future of the Library (2020), which was the first recipient in 2021 of the inaugural Marilyn Gaull Book Award of the Wordsworth-Coleridge Association. He is in addition the co-editor of Lord Byron: Selected Writings (2023).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. A Spice of Every Thing: To Elizabeth Pigot
26 October 1807
Trinity College
Cambridge; 2. The Air of Greece: To Henry Drury
3 May 1810
Salsette Frigate in the Dardanelles off Abydos
Turkey; 3. Mad
Bad
and Dangerous to Know: To Lady Melbourne
8 October 1813
Aston Hall
Rotherham
Yorkshire; 4. Fare Thee Well: To Lady Byron
8 February 1816
13 Piccadilly Terrace
London; 5. Haunted Summer: To Augusta Leigh
8 September 1816
Villa Diodati
Cologny
near Geneva; 6. The Greenest Isle of My Imagination: To John Murray
1 August 1819
Ravenna / Venice; 7. Strictest Adultery: To Countess Teresa Guiccioli
7 December 1819
Venice; 8. A Funeral Pile: To Thomas Moore
27 August 1822
Pisa; 9. To Join the Greeks: To John Cam Hobhouse
7 April 1823
Casa Saluzzo
Albaro
near Genoa; 10. Pilgrim of Eternity: To John Murray
25 February 1824
Messolonghi; After Byron.

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Introduction; 1. A Spice of Every Thing: To Elizabeth Pigot, 26 October 1807, Trinity College, Cambridge; 2. The Air of Greece: To Henry Drury, 3 May 1810, Salsette Frigate in the Dardanelles off Abydos, Turkey; 3. Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know: To Lady Melbourne, 8 October 1813, Aston Hall, Rotherham, Yorkshire; 4. Fare Thee Well: To Lady Byron, 8 February 1816, 13 Piccadilly Terrace, London; 5. Haunted Summer: To Augusta Leigh, 8 September 1816, Villa Diodati, Cologny, near Geneva; 6. The Greenest Isle of My Imagination: To John Murray, 1 August 1819, Ravenna / Venice; 7. Strictest Adultery: To Countess Teresa Guiccioli, 7 December 1819, Venice; 8. A Funeral Pile: To Thomas Moore, 27 August 1822, Pisa; 9. To Join the Greeks: To John Cam Hobhouse, 7 April 1823, Casa Saluzzo, Albaro, near Genoa; 10. Pilgrim of Eternity: To John Murray, 25 February 1824, Messolonghi; After Byron.

Rezensionen

'This new biography of Byron is a miracle of condensation; by putting the letters centre-stage, Professor Stauffer manages to let his subject speak for himself in all the contradictory range of his moods and circumstances - at the same time as elegantly and unobtrusively shaping a narrative that leaps off the page.' Roderick Beaton, Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature, King's College London