Lord Byron and Madame De Stael - Born for Opposition

List of contents

1. ‘Their She Condition’ 2. Heroines and Heroes 3. Citizens of the World 4. ‘Born for Opposition’.

About the author

Joanne Wilkes is Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Summary

Published in 1999, this pioneering study looks at the personal relations of Lord Byron and Madame de Stael, from their verbal sparring in Regency society, through the friendship which developed in Switzerland after Byron left England in 1816, to Byron’s tributes to Mme de Stael after her death.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Wilkes, Wilkes Joanne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138322141
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32214-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: literary, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Biography: writers