Byron's Letters and Journals, Volume IV: 'Wedlock's the devil,' 1814-1815

Byron's Letters and Journals, Volume IV: 'Wedlock's the devil,' 1814-1815

ISBN-10:
0674089448
ISBN-13:
9780674089440
Pub. Date:
01/01/1975
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10:
0674089448
ISBN-13:
9780674089440
Pub. Date:
01/01/1975
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Byron's Letters and Journals, Volume IV: 'Wedlock's the devil,' 1814-1815

Byron's Letters and Journals, Volume IV: 'Wedlock's the devil,' 1814-1815

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Overview

George Gordon Byron was a superb letter-writer: almost all his letters, whatever the subject or whoever the recipient, are enlivened by his wit, his irony, his honesty, and the sharpness of his observation of people. They provide a vivid self-portrait of the man who, of all his contemporaries, seems to express attitudes and feelings most in tune with the twentieth century. In addition, they offer a mirror of his own time. This first collected edition of all Byron’s known letters supersedes Prothero’s incomplete edition at the turn of the century. It includes a considerable number of hitherto unpublished letters and the complete text of many that were bowdlerized by former editors for a variety of reasons. Prothero’s edition included 1,198 letters. This edition has more than 3,000, over 80 percent of them transcribed entirely from the original manuscripts.

In this volume, Byron corresponds with writers such as Thomas Moore, Coleridge, Leigh Hunt, and “Monk” Lewis; with John Murray about the publication of The Corsair, Lara, and The Hebrew Melodies; and with many personal friends. A new interest is his association with the Drury Lane Theater. The crucial events of his private life at this time are his engagement to Anabella Milbanke and their marriage early in 1815—a marriage that was to last little more than a year. Especially revelatory are his letters to his fiancée and those to his long-time confidante, Lady Melbourne.

Volume IV includes all the letters from the beginning of 1814 to the end of 1815.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674089440
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 01/01/1975
Series: Byron's Letters and Journals Series
Pages: 378
Product dimensions: 5.75(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

The late Leslie A. Marchand was Professor of English, Emeritus, Rutgers University. For his lifelong work on Byron, he was given the National Book Critics Circle's Ivan Sandrof Award.

Table of Contents

Editorial Note

Byron Chronology

TEXT OF THE LETTERS

(January 1, 1814-December 31, 1815)

Appendix

I List of Letters and Sources

II List of Forgeries of Byron's Letters

III Bibliography for Volume 4

IV Biographical Sketch for Volume 4

Index of proper names

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