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Letters And Journals Of Lord Byron; With Notices Of His Life (Volume I)

Letters And Journals Of Lord Byron; With Notices Of His Life (Volume I)

Moore, Thomas

Paperback

Biographies GeneralLetters & EssaysGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354540708
ISBN13: 9789354540707
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 470
Weight: 1.51
Height: 1.05 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The most notorious Romantic speaks for himself. In Letters And Journals Of Lord Byron, Thomas Moore gathers the private record behind the legend. Scandal has its paper trail. This Volume I offers a vivid primary source collection: lord byron letters and journal entries, framed by Moore's notices of his life. The result is romantic poet correspondence with the immediacy of a diary and the perspective of a contemporary who knew the man and the regency literary society that watched him rise. Moore's editorial hand balances admiration with candour, letting the contradictions stand: tenderness and satire, lofty principles and abrupt reversals. As a scholarly annotated edition, it guides you through names, places, and the era's codes. You see the rooms of regency era England, the pressures of fame, and the horizon of Romantic era Europe as Byron moves through friendship, politics, travel, poet exile and scandal. For readers drawn to voice and character, it reads like a literary journals anthology; for students, it supports a college romanticism course and serious English literature research. Historically, these documents helped shape the way later generations understood the Byronic figure and anchored many romantic poets biographies in firsthand testimony. Whether you are reading for pleasure or building a classics library, it brings you close to Byron before posterity fixed his pose. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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