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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792131803321

Autore

Garrett M

Titolo

The Palgrave Literary Dictionary of Byron [[electronic resource] /] / by M. Garrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-91013-2

9786612910135

0-230-24541-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Literary Dictionaries

Disciplina

821.7

821/.7

Soggetti

Poetry

Literature, Modern—19th century

British literature

Literature, Modern—18th century

Poetry and Poetics

Nineteenth-Century Literature

British and Irish Literature

Eighteenth-Century Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Entries, A-Z; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive guide to the poems, prose, biography, ideas and contexts of Byron, entries range from detailed coverage of the major poems to items on Byron's songs, conversation, interest in boxing, swimming and vampires, and sexual liaisons; also the 'Byronic Hero', Byron in fiction and drama, and his pervasive influence on subsequent literature.