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Byron : a life in ten letters / Andrew Stauffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Correspondence. Selections (Stauffer)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Correspodence.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 401 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Correspondence. Selections (Stauffer). Byron.
- ISBN:
- 9781009200165
- 100920016X
- OCLC:
- 1401976997
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