The sour fruit : Lord Byron, love & sex / Vincenzo Patanè ; edited by James R. Schwarten ; translated by John Francis Phillimore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patanè, Vincenzo, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Schwarten, James, editor.

Phillimore, John Francis, translator.

Standardized Title:

Frutti acerbi. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

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

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Relations with men.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Relations with women.

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

Man-woman relationships.

Relations with women.

Sex.

Relations with men.

Physical Description:

xix, 215 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Roma : John Cabot University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Copublished by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

"Both Lord Byron's poetry and his fame as a seducer enchanted and scandalized his time. The Sour Fruit: Lord Byron, Love & Sex examines the poet's versatile sexuality, from his liaisons to his grand loves, female and above all male, in an era when homosexuality could lead to the gallows"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Geordie. Scotland & Newstead Abbey

Hobhouse, Davies & Matthews

The Bel tenebroso

Byron's bisexuality

The women

Homosexuality. John & Robert

Heading south

Albania, Greece and the East. Nicolo

The matthews circle

Exile. Loukas

The burning in Albemarle Street

The Byron myth

Don Leon.

Notes:

Originally published by Cicero editore, Venezia, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Patanè, Vincenzo, 1953- Sour fruit.

ISBN:

9781611496819

1611496810

OCLC:

1050955463