Publication

2000 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

52,250 words, Guess

Page Count

209 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99086622
  • Goodreads1747731

Classifications

  • DDC821/.7
  • LCCPR4381 .F7 2000

Description

"This is the first biography of Byron to focus on the poet as a professional writer and the circumstances of literary production of his major poems. It shows how Byron related his writing to a perceived readership in his experimentation with genre and style; and negotiated with his publishers in establishing the bounds of his challenge to political, sexual, and religious conventions. His aristocratic status enabled him to combine the face-saving appearance of insouciant dilettantism with a writing practice as dedicatedly professional as that of novelists like Scott and Dickens."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography.

Series Statement

  • Literary lives

Other Editions

  • Byron: a literary lifeSt. Martin's Press2000-01-01
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