Byron's Historical Dramas

by Richard Lansdown

Byron's poetic reputation is currently founded on his comic epic Don Juan and its cognates Beppo and The Vision of Judgement . Works outside this group are still regarded with some uncertainty. This study demonstrates that some of Byron's most deeply held critical and political convictions--but also certain aspects of his experience over which he had comparatively little conscious control--found expression in his historical dramas of 1820-1821: Marino...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198112521
• ISBN13: 9780198112525
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 102.00 lbs.