The Making of the Poets: Byron and Shelley in Their Time

by Ian Gilmour

Book Overview

Leaving no stone unturned in this illuminating portrait of Byron and Shelley's formative years, Ian Gilmour's entertaining dual biography explores the early lives of these two rebellious poets as they pursued freedom from traditional authority--in poetry, in politics, and in love. Born at a time of political and intellectual upheaval, the two well-born heretics were at ideological odds with the establishment even as boys. During their brief stints...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786712732
• ISBN13: 9780786712731
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"