Byron: the years of fame. New ed
Author: Peter Quennell
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 256
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Author: Peter Quennell
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 256
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Published: 1935
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780838317846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Quennell
Publisher: London : Collins
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780002160544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Fiona MacCarthy
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2014-10-23
Total Pages: 864
ISBN-13: 1444799878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFiona MacCarthy makes a breakthrough in interpreting Byron's life and poetry drawing on John Murray's world-famous archive. She brings a fresh eye to his early years: his childhood in Scotland, embattled relations with his mother, the effect of his deformed foot on his development. She traces his early travels in the Mediterranean and the East, throwing light on his relationships with adolescent boys - a hidden subject in earlier biographies. While paying due attention to the compelling tragicomedy of Byron's marriage, his incestuous love for his half-sister Augusta and the clamorous attention of his female fans, she gives a new importance to his close male friendships, in particular that with his publisher John Murray. She tells the full story of their famous disagreement, ending as a rift between them as Byron's poetry became more recklessly controversial. Byron was a celebrity in his own lifetime, becoming a 'superstar' in 1812, after the publication of Childe Harold. The Byron legend grew to unprecedented proportions after his death in the Greek War of Independence at the age of thirty-six. The problem for a biographer is sifting the truth from the sentimental, the self-serving and the spurious. Fiona MacCarthy has overcome this to produce an immaculately researched biography, which is also her refreshing personal view.
Author: Peter Quennell
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 459
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Publisher: London : J. Murray
Published: 1924
Total Pages: 442
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel S. Burt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2001-02-28
Total Pages: 636
ISBN-13: 0313017263
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Marilyn to Mussolini, people captivate people. A&E's Biography, best-selling autobiographies, and biographical novels testify to the popularity of the genre. But where does one begin? Collected here are descriptions and evaluations of over 10,000 biographical works, including books of fact and fiction, biographies for young readers, and documentaries and movies, all based on the lives of over 500 historical figures from scientists and writers, to political and military leaders, to artists and musicians. Each entry includes a brief profile, autobiographical and primary sources, and recommended works. Short reviews describe the pertinent biographical works and offer insight into the qualities and special features of each title, helping readers to find the best biographical material available on hundreds of fascinating individuals.
Author: T. Mole
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-07-31
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0230288383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a new history and theory of modern celebrity. It argues that celebrity is a cultural apparatus that emerged in response to the Romantic industrialization of print and culture. It investigates the often strained interactions of artistic endeavour and commercial enterprise, and the place of celebrity culture in history of the self.
Author: Robert F. Gleckner
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780853238812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection bringing together in a single volume a number of the best twentieth-century essays on Byron’s dramas, together with comprehensive bibliographies on each of them.