Byron : a life in ten letters / Andrew Stauffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Stauffer, Andrew M., 1968- editor, writer of introduction.

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections (Stauffer)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 401 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"This is the best short introduction to Byron available. Stauffer steers us through a tumultuous life with poise and expert authority. The letters provide vivid snapshots of Byron at key moments across three decades and the biography that emerges is deeply absorbing"--

Contents:

A spice of every thing : to Elizabeth Pigot, October 26, 1807, Trinity College, Cambridge

The air of greece : to Henry Drury, May 3, 1810, Salsette Frigate in the Dardanelles off Abydos, Turkey

Mad, bad, and dangerous to know : to Lady Melbourne, October 8, 1813, Aston Hall, Rotherham, Yorkshire

Fare thee well! : To Lady Byron, February 8, 1816, 13 Piccadilly Terrace, London

Haunted summer : to Augusta Leigh, September 8, 1816, Villa Diodati, Cologny, near Geneva

The greenest isle of my imagination : to John Murray, August 1, 1819, Ravenna / Venice

Strictest adultery : to Countess Teresa Guiccioli, December 7, 1819, Venice

A funeral pile : to Thomas Moore, August 27, 1822, Pisa

To join the Greeks : to John Cam Hobhouse, April 7, 1823, Casa Saluzzo, Albaro, near Genoa

Pilgrim of eternity : to John Murray, February 25, 1824, Messolonghi

After Byron

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jan 2024).

ISBN:

9781009200158

1009200151

9781009200134

1009200135