Byron''s War - Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Roderick Beaton is Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature in the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London. Klappentext This fresh perspective on Byron's relationship with Greece throws new light on its importance both for Byron and for Greece.The story of Lord Byron's involvement with Greece and the Greek War of Independence has often been told, but this study, by a leading scholar, throws new light on the impact of Greece on British Romanticism, on Byron's relationship with Greece, and on the making of the modern Greek state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue; Part I. The Rebel Imagination (1809-1816): 1. Land of lost gods ...; 2. ... and modern monsters; Part II. The Road to Revolution (1816-1823): 3. Reluctant Radical; 4. 'Prophet of a noble contest'; 5. Death by water, transfiguration by fire; 6. The deformed transformed; Part III. Greece: 'Tis the Cause Makes All' (July-December 1823): 7. Preparations for battle; 8. Wavering; 9. The new statesman; Part IV. Missolonghi: The Hundred Days (January-April 1824): 10. 'Political economy'; 11. Confronting the warlords; 12. Pyrrhic victory; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Roderick Beaton, Roderick (King's College London) Beaton, Roderick (King''s College London) Beaton, Beaton Roderick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9781107033085
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03308-5
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; English, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets