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Byron's War - Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution (Paperback)
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Byron's War - Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution (Paperback)
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Roderick Beaton re-examines Lord Byron's life and writing through
the long trajectory of his relationship with Greece. Beginning with
the poet's youthful travels in 1809-1811, Beaton traces his years
of fame in London and self-imposed exile in Italy, that culminated
in the decision to devote himself to the cause of Greek
independence. Then comes Byron's dramatic self-transformation,
while in Cephalonia, from Romantic rebel to 'new statesman',
subordinating himself for the first time to a defined, political
cause, in order to begin laying the foundations, during his
'hundred days' at Missolonghi, for a new kind of polity in Europe -
that of the nation-state as we know it today. Byron's War draws
extensively on Greek historical sources and other unpublished
documents to tell an individual story that also offers a new
understanding of the significance that Greece had for Byron, and of
Byron's contribution to the origin of the present-day Greek state.
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