Fantasy, forgery, and the Byron legend

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Published by Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1996

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Soderholm, James. Fantasy, forgery, and the Byron legend. First edition. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1996. Hardback, Fine, in unclipped dustjacket in protective transparent wrapper. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bindng strong. Ffep inscribed by the author to the Byron schola Megan Boyes, with a handwritten note by Boyes. Frontispiece b/w portrait of Byron. xii, 194pp., b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Byron wasto echo Wordsworthhalf-perceived and half-created. He would have affirmed Jean Baudrillard's observation that "to seduce is to die to reality and reconstitute oneself as illusion." But among the readers he seduced, in person and in poetry, were women possessed of vivid imaginations who collaborated with him in fashioning his legend. Accused of "treating women harshly," Byron acknowledged: "It may be sobut I have been their martyr. My whole life has been sacrificed to them and by them." Those whom he spell bound often returned the favor in their own writings tried to remake his public image to reflect their own. Through writings both well known and generally unknown, James Soderholm examines the poet's relationship with five women: Elizabeth Pigot, Caroline Lamb, Annabella Milbanke, Teresa Guiccioli, and Marguerite Blessington. These women participated in Byron's life and literary career and the manipulation of images that is the Byron legend. Soderholm argues against the sentimental depictions of biographers who would preserve Byron's romantic aura by diminishing the contributions of these women to his social, sexual, and literary identity. By restoring the contexts in which literary works charm or bedevil particular readers, the author shows the consequences of Byron's poetic seductions during and after his life. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

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Title
Fantasy, forgery, and the Byron legend
Author
Soderholm, James
Publisher
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press
Publication year
1996
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Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
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Hardcover
Language
English
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0813119391
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9780813119397
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1st Edition
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