Lord Byron : selected letters and journals / edited by Leslie A. Marchand.
Lord Byron : selected letters and journals / edited by Leslie A. Marchand.
By
:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
Publication Date
:
1982
Publication Information
:
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Physical Description
:
400 p. : port.
Subject Term
:
Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
Additional Contributors
:
Marchand, Leslie Alexis, 1900-
Summary
:
Byron was a superb letter-writer: almost all his letters, whatever the subject or whoever the recipient, are enlivened by his wit, his irony, his honesty, and the sharpness of his observation of people. They provide a vivid self-portrait of the man who, of all his contemporaries, seems to express attitudes and feelings most in tune with the twentieth century. In addition, they offer a mirror of his own time. This first collected edition of all Byron's known letters supersedes Prothero's incomplete edition at the turn of the century. It includes a considerable number of hitherto unpublished letters and the complete text of many that were bowdlerized by former editors for a variety of reasons. Prothero's edition included 1,198 letters. This edition will have more than 3,000, over 80 percent of them transcribed entirely from the original manuscripts.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780674539150
General Note
:
Includes index.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT BIO - BASEMENT | Adult Biography - Basement | B B99 | Checked In |