The story of Lord Byron's involvement with Greece and the Greek War of Independence has often been told, but this study, by a leading scholar, throws new light on the impact of Greece on British Romanticism, on Byron's relationship with Greece, and on the making of the modern Greek state.
The story of Lord Byron's involvement with Greece and the Greek War of Independence has often been told, but this study, by a leading scholar, throws new light on the impact of Greece on British Romanticism, on Byron's relationship with Greece, and on the making of the modern Greek state.
Roderick Beaton is Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature in the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London.
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Prologue Part I. The Rebel Imagination (1809-1816): 1. Land of lost gods ... 2. ... and modern monsters Part II. The Road to Revolution (1816-1823): 3. Reluctant Radical 4. 'Prophet of a noble contest' 5. Death by water, transfiguration by fire 6. The deformed transformed Part III. Greece: 'Tis the Cause Makes All' (July-December 1823): 7. Preparations for battle 8. Wavering 9. The new statesman Part IV. Missolonghi: The Hundred Days (January-April 1824): 10. 'Political economy' 11. Confronting the warlords 12. Pyrrhic victory Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.
Prologue Part I. The Rebel Imagination (1809-1816): 1. Land of lost gods ... 2. ... and modern monsters Part II. The Road to Revolution (1816-1823): 3. Reluctant Radical 4. 'Prophet of a noble contest' 5. Death by water, transfiguration by fire 6. The deformed transformed Part III. Greece: 'Tis the Cause Makes All' (July-December 1823): 7. Preparations for battle 8. Wavering 9. The new statesman Part IV. Missolonghi: The Hundred Days (January-April 1824): 10. 'Political economy' 11. Confronting the warlords 12. Pyrrhic victory Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.
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