Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity /

"The Regency period in general, and the aristocrat-poet Lord Byron in particular, were notorious for scandal, but the historical circumstances of this phenomenon have yet to be properly analysed. Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity explores Byron's celebrity persona in the literary, social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tuite, Clara, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 110.
Temas:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824 > Political and social views.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824 > Influence.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824.
1800-1899
Fame > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Scandals > Europe > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > Europe > History > 19th century.
Scandales > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et société > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Fame > Social aspects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and society.
Political and social views.
Scandals.
Europe.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: proverbially notorious
  • Introduction: the meteor's milieu
  • Part I. Worldlings: 1. Caroline Lamb, more like a beast; 2. Stendhal, on his knees; 3. Napoleon, that fallen star; 4. Bloody Castlereagh
  • Part II. Writings: 5. Childe Harold IV and the pageant of his bleeding heart; 6. Don Juan: the life and work of infamous poems
  • Part III. After-Warriors: 7. Byron's Head and the pirate sphere
  • Epilogue: you may be devil.

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