Jane Austen and Lord Byron : Regency Relations / Christine Kenyon Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Christine Kenyon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Austen, Jane.

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

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron.

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

Authors, English.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

"The first book to examine the curious and often overlooked ways in which the lives, interests, work and sense of humour of two of Britain's most celebrated writers - Jane Austen and Lord Byron - often intersected, this study shows that these two great authors were closer than you might think, even in their own day."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A family affair Chapter 1: London: 'Dissipation & vice' Chapter 2: Theatre and other entertainments: 'good hardened real acting' Chapter 3: Portsmouths and Hansons: 'lunatizing' the Earl Chapter 4: Publishing: 'He is a Rogue of course, but a civil one' Chapter 5: Finances, fiction and entail: 'A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of' Chapter 6: Writing: 'I hate things all fiction' Endnotes Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350381421

135038142X

9781350381414

1350381411

9781350381438

1350381438

OCLC:

1389888215