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.
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