Byron: The Making of a Myth

Coote, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0370312309 / ISBN 13: 9780370312309

Published by The Bodley Head Ltd, United Kingdom, 1988

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hardback, quarto, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout, 192pp.

Seller Inventory # 240669

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Byron: The Making of a Myth
• Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0370312309
• ISBN 13: 9780370312309
• Binding: hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

Stephen Coote has written a biography of Lord Byron, focusing on the man behind the myth. Byron was an enigma in his own lifetime. Since his death the public's view of him has swung between admiration and fascinated disapproval - from feted poet to ostracised libertine, from debauched exile to heroic freedom fighter and finally to cult figure. The author examines Byron's poetry, journals and letters aiming to shed light on his innermost thoughts and feelings. He concludes with an assessment of the Byronic cult and Byron's continuing importance as a poet and idealist. Stephen Coote has also written "History of Medieval Literature".