Byron (Longman Critical Readers),Jane Stabler

ByronAuthor(s): Jane Stabler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Longman\nISBN-13: 9780582303935, 978-0582303935\nSynopsis\nOften seen as the exception to generalisations about Romanticism, Byron's poetry - and its intricate relationship with a brilliant, scandalous life - has remained a source of controversy throughout the twentieth century. This book brings together recent work on Byron by leading British and American scholars and critics, guiding undergraduate students and sixth-form pupils through the different ways in which new literary theory has enriched readings of Byron's work, and showing how his poetry offers a rewarding focus for questions about the relationship between historical contexts and literary form in the Romantic period.\n\nDiverse and fresh perspectives on canonical texts such as Don Juan, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Manfred are included together with stimulating analyses of less well-known narrative poems, lyric.