Byron Bits 10: Gone with the Wind
Byron was not only out of his country and out of favour, self-exiled in Italy, but also out of his own time. Philosopically, he belonged to a world that was fas...
Byron was not only out of his country and out of favour, self-exiled in Italy, but also out of his own time. Philosopically, he belonged to a world that was fas...
Byron's uncle Frederick George was a satirical cartoonist in the 1780s and early 1790s
This is tech‑y, ‘sausage factory’ stuff about the challenge of publishing poetry. You don’t need to know any of this to enjoy Don Juan and my notes on Byr...
In a couple of weeks I’ll be publishing my Annotated Cantos I + II to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their first publication in 1819. What can you expect to...
To celebrate the bicentenary of the first publication of Byron’s “Don Juan” on 15 July 1819, I’ll be releasing an annotated and narrated version of Cantos I + I...
If Don Juan is lots of fun, as I claim, why does death figure in it so frequently?
Why isn't Don Juan more widely read? I examine three reasons in this series of posts and then suggest some remedies.
There is something rather odd about annotating poetry
You know, of course, that there’s a lot of pathetic rubbish that pretends to be a Byronic document, hoping to borrow a little of the popular lustre ...
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...