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<p><b>Lord Byron in all his controversial splendor—the long-awaited, authoritative biography</b></p> <p>With this brilliant book, Fiona MacCarthy has produced the most important work on Byron in nearly half a century. Granted unprecedented access to many documents and artifacts unexamined by previous scholars, the acclaimed biographer brings a fresh, engaging sensibility to a full appreciation of the poet's life and art.</p> <p><i>Byron: Life and Legend</i> explores heretofore unrevealed aspects of Byron's complex creative existence, reassessing his poetry, reinterpreting his incomparable letters, and reconsidering the voluminous record left by the poet's contemporaries: his friends and family, his critics and supporters.</p> <p>MacCarthy's scope is comprehensive, giving due weight to each aspect of her subject's genius and covering the full range of his life, retracing his journeys through Italy, Turkey, and Greece and culminating in his heroic voyage to Missolonghi, where he died at the tragically early age of thirty-six. After his death, a pervasive Byronism swept Europe; presented here is the fascinating evolution of his posthumous reputation and its influence on literature, ar
- Author
- MacCarthy, Fiona
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780719556210
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Biography
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (27 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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