Byron's Letters and Journals, Volume VII: 'Between two worlds,' 1820

by Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand

Overview

Byron’s letters 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. Readers and reviewers have responded with great enthusiasm to Leslie Marchand's new unexpurgated edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674089471
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1978
Series:	Byron's Letters and Journals Series
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(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, 1820–December 31, 1820)
• Appendix
  • I. List of Letters and Sources
  • II. List of Forgeries of Byron’s Letters
  • III. Bibliography for Volume VII
  • IV. Biographical Sketches for Volume VII
  
  
  
  
• Index of Proper Names

Editorial Reviews

Byron’s sinewy, funny, electrifying letters are emergency bulletins from a man operating, more often than not, on the extreme edge of despair and disgrace… He is fiercely alive.

Newsweek

These are some of the best letters in English.

New York Times

Byron’s sinewy, funny, electrifying letters are emergency bulletins from a man operating, more often than not, on the extreme edge of despair and disgrace… He is fiercely alive.

Newsweek