Lord Byron (1788-1824) was a poet and satirist, as famous in his time for his love affairs and questionable morals as he was for his poetry. This guide offers an introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of Byron's texts. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, it is useful [...]
Presents a study that focuses on the dynamic interaction between Byron and Madame de Stael, Lady Morgan, Mary Shelley and Jane Austen, and the reaction to Byronism of the Brontes and Harriet Beecher Stowe.[...]
Gothic Literature has never been as popular as it is today, both in academia (as a dark, seductive extension of Romanticism) and the general market (as the starting point for all that we call fantasy). This is the first anthology specifically devoted to Gothic Poetry.[...]