Author: BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON BARON (1788-1824); LANSDOWN, RICHARD (1961-), EDITOR
Title: Byron's letters and journals: a new selection / edited by Richard Lansdown
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press 2015. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxxi. 518 pages; 24 cm. Notes; 'From Leslie A. Marchand's twelve-volume edition.' Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text and Short Titles; A Biographical Bibliography; 1. Childhood. Boyhood. Youth: January 1788-June 1809; 2. The Grand Tour: June 1809-July 1811; 3. Childe Harold and Caroline Lamb: July 1811-June 1813; 4. The Giaour and Augusta Leigh: June 1813-July 1814; 5. Marriage and Separation: August 1814-April 1816; 6. Exile: April-November 1816; 7. Venice and Rome: November 1816-June 1818; 8. Don Juan and Teresa Guiccioli: July 1818-December 1819; 9. Ravenna: December 1819-October 1821; 10. Pisa: October 1821-September 1822; 11. Genoa: October 1822-July 1823; 12. Greece: August 1823-April 1824; Index. Summary; Alongside Jane Austen. the Bronte sisters. and Oscar Wilde. Lord Byron possesses a star-quality unlike other classic British authors. His life as poet. philanderer. homosexual. and freedom fighter is legendary. and this new selection from his powerful letters and journals tells the story from the inside. in Byron's own racy and passionate style. Though Byron is chiefly known as a poet. his letters and journals are one of the glories of English prose literature. and one of the greatest British acts of autobiography. alongside Pepys' Diary and Boswell's Journal. This new selection. taken from the authoritative and unbowdlerized edition prepared by Leslie Marchand in the 1970s. not only provides the cream of his informal prose; it amounts to a biography in Byron's own words. No other English writer lived so remarkable an existence. from rented rooms in Aberdeen to a Nottinghamshire peerage. from European fame to English infamy. and notorious Italian exile to a glorious death in the Greek War of Independence. Subjects; Byron. George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 - Diaries. Poets. English - 19th century - Correspondence. Biography & autobiography: literary; Essays. journals. letters & other prose works. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English. Irish. Scottish. Welsh. Weight in Kg appr.:

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