Byron and place : history, translation, nostalgia / Stephen Cheeke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheeke, Stephen, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Settings.

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Homes and haunts.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Knowledge and learning--Europe.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.

Literature and history.

History.

Translating and interpreting.

Europe.

Translating and interpreting--England--History--19th century.

Literature and history--England--History--19th century.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Nostalgia in literature.

Europe--In literature.

History in literature.

Setting (Literature).

England.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

This new study of Byron explores the 'geo-historical' - places where historically significant events have occurred. Cheeke examines the ways in which the notion of "being there" becomes the central claim and shaping force in Byron's poetry up to 1818. He goes on to explore the concept of "being in-between" which characterizes Byron's 1818-21 poetry. Finally, Byron's complex nostalgia for England, his sense of "having been there," is read in relation to a broader critique of memory, homesickness and place-attachment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index.

ISBN:

1403904030

OCLC:

51095680