Byron / Frederic Raphael

Raphael, Frederic

ISBN 10: 0500012784 / ISBN 13: 9780500012789

Published by New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1982

About this Item

Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped dust wrapper (slight water damage inside wrapper). Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subjects; George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron (1788-1824) Biography. Poets, English 19th century Biography. 3 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 449395

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Byron / Frederic Raphael
• Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500012784
• ISBN 13: 9780500012789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book is a major reappraisal of Byron's poetry, which grapples firmly with the paradox of his work - that in spite of his enormous influence, the magnetic power of his personality, and the fascination of his life, the poetry is often of inferior quality and so inconsistent in its attitudes that Byron's poetic seriousness is inevitably called into question. The focus of the book is the nature of Byron's relationship with his public and its effect on his poetry; a subject that has remained largely unexplored. Dr Martin considers Byron's anomalous position as an aristocrat in a literary market governed by commercial interests and middle class tastes and reading habits. He suggests that the whole of Byron's poetry can be seen as a performance determined by a number of factors: Byron's anxieties about his modernity, his contemporaries, and the image his readers were ready to fashion for him.

Book Description

This book is a major reappraisal of Byron's poetry, which despite his enormous influence, the poetry is often of inferior quality and so inconsistent in its attitudes that Byron's poetic seriousness is inevitably called into question. Dr Martin considers the nature of Byron's relationship with his public and its effect on his poetry.