Byron and Hobby-O : Lord Byron's relationship with John Cam Hobhouse / by Peter Cochran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochran, Peter, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Friends and associates.

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869--Friends and associates.

Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse.

Poets, English--19th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Politicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Politicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Byron and Hobby-O is about the relationship between Byron and his supposed best friend, John Cam Hobhouse. It is the first full-length biographical study of Hobhouse in over fifty years, and is much franker and more intimate than anything preceding. It shows how, while the two men were initially collaborators and rivals, Byron rapidly outstretched Hobhouse in poetry, while Hobhouse, in the longer term, outstretched Byron in politics. It shows how long acquaintance Other the elusive and chame...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; EDITORIAL; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-62417-2

9786612624179

1-4438-2205-1

OCLC:

821179617