Byron

Author(s)

• Stabler, Jane

Bibliographic Information

Byron

edited and introduced by Jane Stabler

（Longman critical readers）

Longman, 1998

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-225) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780582302518

Description

This book brings together recent work on Byron by leading British and American scholars and critics, guiding undergraduate students and advanced school pupils through the different ways in which new literary theory has enriched readings of Byron's work, and showing how his poetry offers a rewarding focus for questions about the relationship between historical contexts and literary form in the Romantic period. The collection will enable students of English literature, Romantic studies and nineteenth-century cultural studies to assess the contribution that different critical methodologies have made to our understanding of individual poems by Byron, as well as concepts such as the Byronic hero and evolving definitions of Romanticism.

Table of Contents

• 1920s-1930s - humanism, formalism and literary history
• 1930s-1940s - formalist, moralist, and New Critical approaches
• 1950s-1960s - genre criticism, romantic mythologies, modernist readings
• 1960s-1970s - humanism, structuralism, Marxism
• 1970s-1980s - deconstruction and psychoanalytic approaches
• 1980s-1990s - new historicism, feminisms, queer theory, new formalisms organization of critical readings
• Lord Byron's twin opposites of truth ("Don Juan")
• the dramas of Lord Byron - "Manfred and Marino Faliero"
• resolving "The Corsair" - "Lara" and "The Island"
• Byron's "Don Juan" and the woman question
• cross-dressing and the politics of gender in "Don Juan"
• Bulwer Lytton, Disraeli and Byron's homosexuality
• ending (in) "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" 1 and 2
• the postmodernism of "Childe Harold"
• authoring the self - "Childe Harold III"
• "Marino Faliero" and the fault of Byron's satire
• Byron's imperceptiveness to the English spoken word
• "Don Juan" reconsidered - the Haidee episode
• the art of "Don Juan" - Byron's metrics.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582303935

Description

Often seen as the exception to generalisations about Romanticism, Byron's poetry - and its intricate relationship with a brilliant, scandalous life - has remained a source of controversy throughout the twentieth century. This book brings together recent work on Byron by leading British and American scholars and critics, guiding undergraduate students and sixth-form pupils through the different ways in which new literary theory has enriched readings of Byron's work, and showing how his poetry offers a rewarding focus for questions about the relationship between historical contexts and literary form in the Romantic period. Diverse and fresh perspectives on canonical texts such as Don Juan, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Manfred are included together with stimulating analyses of less well-known narrative poems, lyrics and dramas. A clearly structured introduction traces key developments in Byron criticism and locates the essays within wider debates in Romantic studies. Detailed headnotes to each essay and a guide to further reading help to orientate the reader and offer pointers for further discussion. The collection will enable students of English literature, Romantic studies and nineteenth-century cultural studies to assess the contribution that different critical methodologies have made to our understanding of individual poems by Byron, as well as concepts like the Byronic hero and evolving definitions of Romanticism.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1920s-1930s: humanism, formalism and literary history 1930s-1940s: formalist, moralist, and New Critical approaches 1950s-1960s: genre criticism, romantic mythologies, modernist readings 1960s-1970s: humanism, structuralism, Marxism 1970s-1980s: deconstruction and psychoanalytic approaches 1980s-1990s: new historicism, feminisms, queer theory, new formalisms Organisation of critical readings 2. Jerome J. McGann, Lord Byron's Twin Opposites of Truth [Don Juan] 3. Daniel P. Watkins, The Dramas of Lord Byron: Manfred and Marino Faliero 4. Nigel Leask, Resolving "The Corsair": "Lara" and "The Island" 5. Caroline Franklin, 'Byron's Don Juan and the Woman Question' 6. Susan J. Wolfson, Cross-dressing and the Politics of Gender in Don Juan 7. Andrew Elfenbein, Bulwer Lytton, Disraeli and Byron's Homosexuality 8. Paul Elledge, Ending (in) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 1 and 2 9. William H. Galperin, The Postmodernism of Childe Harold 10. Vincent Newey, Authoring the Self: Childe Harold III 11. Jerome Christensen, Marino Faliero and the Fault of Byron's Satire 12. Peter J, Manning, Byron's Imperceptiveness to the Spoken English Word 13. Anne Barton, Don Juan Reconsidered: The Haidee Episode 14. J. Drummond Bone, The Art of Don Juan: Byron's Metrics Notes on Authors Further Reading Index

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Details

• NCID: BA41006045
• ISBN:
  • 058230251X
  • 0582303931
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 235 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 821.7
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12450358