Byromania: Portraits of the Artist in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Culture

ISBN-13: 9780333683835 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 234 str.

Wilson, Frances

Opis

This collection of essays by leading Byronists explores the development of the myth of Byron and the Byronic from the poet's self-representations to his various appearances in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and in drama, film and portraiture. Byromania (as Annabella Milbanke named the frenzied reaction to Byron's poetry and personality) looks at the phenomena of Byronism through a variety of critical perspectives, and it is designed to appeal to both an academic and a popular readership alike.

Recenzje

'To paraphrase Byron on himself, Byromania may not be 'a mélange of good and evil', but it is a mixture of the good and the provocative. It is to be recommended if it helps to prevent what one of the contributors call 'the ghetto-isation of Byron studies.' - Paul Wright, British Association for Romantic Studies Bulletin & Review

'Byromania offers the reader some fascinating insights into the poet's past and continuing importance as a myth and cultural icon.' - William D. Brewer, Romanticism On the Net

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Plates Introduction: Byron, Byronism, and Bryomaniacs; F.Wilson His Grand Show: Byron and the Myth of Mythmaking; P.W.Graham Conjuring Byron: Byromania, Literary Commodification and the Birth of Celebrity; G.MacDaytor The Life of Byron or, Southey Was Right; P.Cochran Silver-Fork Byron and the Image of Regency England; A.Elfenbein Byronic Bioplays; W.Huber Fantasy and Transfiguration: Byron and His Portraits; C.K.Jones Screening Byron: The Idiosyncrasies of Film Myth; R.M.Ralston & S.L.Sondergard Undead Byron; T.Holland The Loathsome Lord and the Disdainful Dame: Byron, Cartland and the Regency Romance; R.Sales Byronic Confession; J.Soderholm An Exaggerated Woman: The Melodramas of Lady Caroline Lamb; F.Wilson Appendix: Byron in Fiction: A List of Books; A.A.Smith Index

O autorze

Frances Wilson is Lecturer in English at the University of Reading.