Lord Byron /
Peter W. Graham's Lord Byron situates this nineteenth-century author-icon and his literary achievements in various contexts. Beginning with a concise biography, Graham considers all Byron's major poems usefully grouped according to literary kind or genre. Separate chapters are devoted to B...
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| Language: | English |
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New York : London :
Twayne Publishers ; Prentice Hall International,
c1998
New York : Twayne Publishers, 1998 New York : London : [1998] |
| Series: | Twayne's English authors series ;
TEAS 549 Twayne's English authors series TEAS 549 Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 549 Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 549 |
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| Summary: | Peter W. Graham's Lord Byron situates this nineteenth-century author-icon and his literary achievements in various contexts. Beginning with a concise biography, Graham considers all Byron's major poems usefully grouped according to literary kind or genre. Separate chapters are devoted to Byron's accomplishments as lyricist, satirist, tale-teller, dramatist, and contriver of the loco-descriptive narratives Childe Harold and Don Juan, his profound and brilliantly outrageous masterpiece Situates the 19th-century author-icon and his literary achievements in various contexts. A concise biography considers all of Byron's major poems grouped according to literary kind or genre. Separate chapters are devoted to Byron's accomplishments as lyricist, satirist, tale - teller, dramatist, and contriver of the narratives "Childe Harold" and "Don Juan". For general readers and specialists "Peter W. Graham's Lord Byron situates this nineteenth-century author-icon and his literary achievements in various contexts. Beginning with a concise biography, Graham considers all Byron's major poems usefully grouped according to literary kind or genre. Separate chapters are devoted to Byron's accomplishments as lyricist, satirist, tale-teller, dramatist, and contriver of the loco-descriptive narratives Childe Harold and Don Juan, his profound and brilliantly outrageous masterpiece. Balancing the historical and the critical, Graham draws on primary documents such as Byron's incomparable letters and journals as well as on classic assessments and the most recent textual and critical developments in Byron scholarship. Solidly grounding Byron's works in his own time and reaffirming their continued relevance today, Lord Byron will prove an invaluable resource to both general readers and specialists."--BOOK JACKET Balancing the historical and the critical, Graham draws on primary documents such as Byron's incomparable letters and journals as well as on classic assessments and the most recent textual and critical developments in Byron scholarship. Solidly grounding Byron's works in his own time and reaffirming their continued relevance today, Lord Byron will prove an invaluable resource to both general readers and specialists |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm xix, 189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm xix, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-182) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0805770658 (alk. paper) 0805770658 9780805770650 (alk. paper) 9780805770650 |