Deeply informed and appealingly written, this revised and updated second edition gives fresh life to the enthralling sexual, poetic and political contradictions that make Byron the first literary celebrity. Encompassing his entire oeuvre, the volume both provides an authoritative guide for students, and points to emerging new areas of research, highlighting Byron's ongoing relevance in an increasingly complex world both within academia and beyond. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of his death, new chapters cover investigations of Byron's manuscripts, his relationships with nonhuman animals, his levity and addiction, and his Dramas and their reception.

Expanded and diversified, this companion makes vivid Byron's ongoing relevance to myriad issues of politics, literature and life today.

About the Author
Drummond Bone is Chair of the National Library of Scotland. For many years editor of the Byron Journal, he became co-founding editor of the journal Romanticism. He is the author of Byron (2000) for the Writers and their Work series and currently serves as Vice-President of the Byron Society. Recently Master of Balliol College, Oxford, he is a frequent guest at international Byron conferences.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108948968
Author Drummond Bone
Format Paperback
Page Count 299
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press