Description: The Regency period in general, and the aristocrat-poet Lord Byron in particular, were notorious for scandal, but the historical circumstances of this phenomenon have yet to be properly analysed. Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity explores Byron's celebrity persona in the literary, social, political and historical contexts of Regency Britain and post-Napoleonic Europe that produced it. Clara Tuite argues that the Byronic enigma that so compelled contemporary audiences - and provoked such controversy with its spectacular Romantic Satanism - can be understood by means of 'scandalous celebrity', a new form of ambivalent fame that mediates between notoriety and traditional forms of heroic renown. Examining Byron alongside contemporary figures including Caroline Lamb, Stendhal, Napoleon Bonaparte and Lord Castlereagh, Tuite illuminates the central role played by Byron in the literary, political and sexual scandals that mark the Regency as a vital period of social transition and emergent celebrity culture.
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EAN: 9781107442955
UPC: 9781107442955
ISBN: 9781107442955
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Item Length: 22.9 cm
Book Title: Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity
Item Height: 230mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: Clara Tuite
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Archaeology, Literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 510g
Number of Pages: 345 Pages
