Medwin's conversations of Lord Byron / revised with a new preface by the author for a new edition and annotated by Lady Byron [and thirteen others] ; edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, annotator.

Lovell, Ernest J., editor.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Poets, English.

Poetry--Authorship.

Poetry.

England--Intellectual life--19th century.

England.

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

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869.

Medwin, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

Rev. with a new pref. by the author for a new ed., and annotated by Lady Byron ... and others who knew the poet personally. Edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Jr.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1966.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

One of the most racy, entertaining, and valuable contemporary accounts of Byron, Medwin's Conversations created a furor among Byron's many friends and enemies, especially those who appear in it. In the notes to this edition, Professor Lovell has assembled in the appropriate place comments on and corrections of Medwin's account by Lady Byron, John Cam Hobhouse, E.J. Trelawny, Sir Charles Napier, John Murray, John Galt, William Harness, Robert Southey, Lady Caroline Lamb, Leigh Hunt, Mary Shelley, Sir Walter Scott, Countess Teresa Guiccioli William Fletcher, and others. The result is a continuing dialogue as one. witness debates with another. The text is based upon Medwin's own copy of the third London edition of 1824, heavily annotated by the author.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Medwin's preface to the third London edition of 1824

Medwin's notes for a new preface

Conversations of lord Byron

Selective bibliography with abbreviations

Index

Notes:

"This edition is based on Medwin's copy ... of his 'new edition' of 1824 (the third London edition), heavily annotated by the author, with a new preface, and intended for another new and last edition, which was never published."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691650739

069165073X

9781400878154

1400878152

OCLC:

655866004