Letters and Journals of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, Th... - 9781108047135

Letters and Journals of Lord ByronWith Notices of his Life\nAuthor(s): George Gordon Byron, Thomas Moore\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108047135, 978-1108047135\nSynopsis\nGeorge Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale [tel] is one of the central writers of British Romanticism and his 'Byronic' hero - the charming, dashing, rebellious outsider - remains a literary archetype. But to what extent is this character a portrayal of the author himself? Byron was known for his extremely unconventional, eccentric character and his extravagant and flamboyant lifestyle: Lady Caroline Lamb, one of his lovers, famously described him as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'. This two-volume work, compiled by his friend Thomas Moore, to whom Byron had given his manuscript memoirs (which he later burnt), was published in 1830. Volume 2 gives an account of Byron's life and work from 1816, including his tr.