Fantasy, Forgery, and the Byron Legend /

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Byron was -- to echo Wordsworth -- half-perceived and half-created. He would have affirmed Jean Baudrillard's observation that ""to seduce is to die to reality and reconstitute oneself as illusion."" But among the readers he seduced, in person and in poetry, were women posse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Soderholm, James, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1996]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824 > Relations with women.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824 > Authorship.
Women and literature.
Self in literature.
Relations with women.
Poets, English > Biography.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Fame.
Authorship.
Authors and readers.
POETRY > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Renommee > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Femmes et litterature > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Écrivains et lecteurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Faux et supercheries litteraires > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Poetes anglais > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Fame > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > History > 19th century.
Authors and readers > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literary forgeries and mystifications > History > 19th century.
Poets, English > Biography > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Byron was -- to echo Wordsworth -- half-perceived and half-created. He would have affirmed Jean Baudrillard's observation that ""to seduce is to die to reality and reconstitute oneself as illusion."" But among the readers he seduced, in person and in poetry, were women possessed of vivid imaginations who collaborated with him in fashioning his legend. Accused of ""treating women harshly, "" Byron acknowledged: ""It may be so -- but I have been their martyr. My whole life has been sacrificed to them and by them."" Those whom he spell bound often returned the favor in their own writings tried to.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813158952

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