Skin in the Game
John Murray’s recommendations to Byron deserve more respect as evidence of the publishing environment and not just of his own disposition. After all, he had “sk...
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Don Juan sells despite Murray’s fears
When Cantos I and II of Don Juan were being prepared for the press, it was chiefly Murray’s advisers — especially Gifford — who kept up the lament about “...
Early reception of Don Juan
When the first two Cantos of Don Juan appeared on 15 July, 1819, readers immediately guessed — many had anticipated — the the authorship. The next day,...
Publication of Cantos I & II
The path to the first publication of Cantos I & II of Don Juan was unlike that of any of Byron’s earlier verse. It is worth our attention because it ...
The Comet and the Bomb
This article was originally intended as a draft of an introduction to the “Bicentennial” edition of Cantos I & II that I have now posted. I dec...
The Middling Class may kiss my a…
“I do not in any way affect to be squeamish – but the character of the Middling Class in the country – is certainly highly moral – and we should not off...