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Cochran Peter <1944-> |
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The burning of Byron's memoirs : new and unpublished essays and papers / / by Peter Cochran |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (435 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; FOREWORD; ABBREVIATIONS; MOORE, HOBHOUSE, AND THE BURNINGOF BYRON'S MEMOIRS; BYRON'S DIRTY JOKES; BYRON'S "DIVIDED LOYALTIES"; BEING "BYRON'S BEST FRIEND"; BEING BYRON'S BANKER; CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE; BYRON'S FAN LETTERS; GRASPING THE NETTLE; BYRON AND ALI PACHA; BYRON'S PROBLEM WITH MOTHERS; "ASSYRIAN TALES"; BYRON THE VAMPIRE,AND THE VAMPIRE WOMEN; BYRON'S LEGACY,AND BYRON'S INHERITANCE; BYRON AND HIS WILL'O'TH'WISPS; BYRON AND SCOTLAND; BYRON AND SHAKESPEARE; BYRON IN THE MOVIES; BYRON GREW UP IN VENICE; BYRON AND NEWSTEAD ABBEY |
THE CORSAIR, BYRON'S SILLIEST POEMBYRON'S RELIGION VERSUS BYRON'S WOMEN; BYRON'S LIBRARY; BYRON AND PLAGIARISM; BYRON'S CHARITIES; ALTERING THE FOCUS; DON JUAN; WHY DID BYRON GO BACK TO GREECE?; FLETCHER ON MEDWIN; TWO AFTER-DINNER TALKS; BYRON AND BIRTHDAYS; WHY THE ENGLISH HATE BYRON; COMICAL PIECESFROM THE NEWSTEAD REVIEW; THE DEVIL & NEWSTEAD ABBEY; CYNTHIA RIDGE; THE EDITOR'S TALE; BYRON'S LITERARY RECEPTIONIN NORTH-EAST KARELIA; MOVIEMAKERS DISCOVER ROBERT SOUTHEY; CONTRIBUTORS' GUIDE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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The Burning of Byron's Memoirs is a collection of new and uncollected essays, and papers given at many conferences over a two-decade period. They cover many aspects of Byron's life and work, including his |
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relationship with his parents, his library, his attitude to Shakespeare, his borrowings from other writers, and his feelings about women and men. Two essays centre on his close friends Hobhouse and Kinnaird. All are informed by first-hand acquaintance with primary texts. The title essay has been hailed as the best-ever documentation of the disgraceful way in which Byron's Memoirs were destroy |
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