Allibone, S. Austin, editor. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased. Gale Research.
George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron
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Standard Name: Byron, George Gordon,,, sixth Baron
Used Form: Lord Byron
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington | This book had a star-studded cast: sundry fashionable ladies, and notables like Byron
, Shelley
, Landor
, Disraeli
, the Duke of Wellington
, Lord John Russell
, Palmerston
, and Sir Robert Peel
. |
Textual Production | Lucille Iremonger | LI
published two biographies of English princesses: of Princess Sophia
, daughter of George III
(who bore a child to an unidentified father), in 1958, and of Queen Victoria
's daughters in 1982. In 1981... |
Textual Production | Margiad Evans | ME
did some writing even after she moved to Sussex, but she dissipated her inadequate energy on competing projects: a play about Byron
, a short study of John Clare
, a few stories... |
Textual Production | Mary Ann Browne | She quotes L. E. L.
on her title page, and dedicates her work (these early efforts of my timid Muse) Browne, Mary Ann. Mont Blanc. Hatchard and Son. v |
Textual Production | Katharine Tynan | KT
established in her novel She Walks in Beauty (whose title comes from a lyric by Byron
) a plot line she would repeatedly use in later novels. Fallon, Ann Connerton. Katharine Tynan. Twayne. 142 |
Textual Production | Harriet Beecher Stowe | HBS
defended the role taken by Lady Byron
in her marriage to the poet
, which seeks to modify if not to explode prevailing female stereotypes, in Lady Byron Vindicated. Hedrick, Joan. Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life. Oxford University Press. 368 Adams, John R. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Twayne. 88 |
Textual Production | Harriette Wilson | HW
had been writing lively, idiosyncratic letters all her life (of which those to Byron
, for instance, survive). Her Memoirs were a venture not only in publishing but also in blackmail. Having completed enough... |
Textual Production | Amelia Beauclerc | The title-page quotes Byron
. |
Textual Production | Catherine Fanshawe | The letter that CF
wrote about her first meeting with Germaine de Staël
(also, apparently, her first meeting with Byron
) concentrates firmly on de Staël: Eloquence is a great word, but not too big... |
Textual Production | Lady Caroline Lamb | The British Library Catalogue lists this work under Byron
, not Lamb. She paid for its publication, and sent copies to friends and reviewing journals. Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan. 231 |
Textual Production | Amelia Beauclerc | The title-page suggests foreboding by again quoting Byron
, Fair laughs the morn. |
Textual Production | Mathilde Blind | MB
edited, with introductions, Byron
's Letters and Journals and his Poetical Works (two volumes), issued in London by the publisher Walter Scott
. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
Textual Production | Catherine Fanshawe | Three poems were published together anonymously, of which one, variously known as The Ænigma, The Riddle, and Riddle on the Letter H, was attributed to Byron
but was actually written by CF
. Fanshawe, Catherine. Memorials of Miss Catherine Maria Fanshawe. Editor Harness, William, Privately printed by Vacher and Sons. 41 Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
Textual Production | Lady Caroline Lamb | LCL
read an advance copy of the early cantos of Byron
's Childe Harold, and wrote a poem expressing her wish to emulate him. Douglass, Paul. “Playing Byron: Lady Caroline Lamb’s <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Glenarvon</span> and the Music of Isaac Nathan”. European Romantic Review, Vol. 8 , pp. 1-24. 1 |
Textual Production | Mary Ann Browne | The dedication celebrates her sister as the playmate of my childhood, the companion of my youth, and . . . the friend and blessing of my maturer years. Browne, Mary Ann. Ignatia. Hamilton, Adams. prelims |
Timeline
15 July 1819: Byron began to publish in instalments (opening...
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15 July 1819
Byron
began to publish in instalments (opening with cantos one and two) his satiricalmock-epicpoemDon Juan; he left it unfinished at his death.
12 August-3 September 1821: The newly-crowned George IV visited Ireland...
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12 August-3 September 1821
The newly-crowned George IV
visited Ireland (the first British monarch to do so since William III
made war there), and was rapturously received in Dublin.
December 1821: Byron published his verse drama Cain: A Mystery;...
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December 1821
Byron
published his verse dramaCain: A Mystery; the title-page said 1822.
27 January 1822: The National Congress of Epidaurus declared...
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27 January 1822
The National Congress of Epidaurus declared Greek independence from Turkey; in practice, however, this was not fully achieved until 1829.
12 August 1822: The new Marquess of Londonderry, better known...
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12 August 1822
The new Marquess of Londonderry, better known as Viscount Castlereagh
, killed himself: he was seen as the political author of Wellington
's victories and of repressive policies at home.
October 1822: Byron published The Vision of Judgment (written...
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October 1822
Byron
published The Vision of Judgment (written around the previous summer) in The Liberal, a journal which he and Leigh Hunt
briefly published at Pisa.
1825: Thomas Moore published Memoirs of the Life...
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1825
Thomas Moore
published Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
23 April 1826: In the ongoing Greek War of Liberation, Missolonghi...
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23 April 1826
In the ongoing Greek War of Liberation, Missolonghi in Greece fell to the Ottomans after a year of siege.
1866: The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme...
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1866
The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme (believed to be the first in the world) for setting up commemorative plaques on buildings associated with famous people.
Quinn, Ben. “Plaque blues. Cuts hit heritage scheme”. Guardian Weekly, p. 16.
1870: The Bazar Book of Decorum described how some...
Building item
1870
The Bazar Book of Decorum described how some women maintained modesty at the dinner table by secretly practising what is now termed binge eating, a component of bulimia nervosa.
6 October 1927: Warner Brothers released the first film with...
Building item
6 October 1927
Warner Brothers
released the first film with a spoken dialogue soundtrack, or talkie, The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson
.
December 1965: Actress Peggy Ashcroft toured Norway with...
Women writers item
December 1965
Actress Peggy Ashcroft
toured Norway with a show of her own devising, Words on Women and Some Women's Words, originally written for performance at London University
.
1979: Anna Adams published her verse letter A Reply...
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1979
Anna Adams
published her verseletterA Reply to Intercepted Mail (A Verse-Letter to W. H. Auden
) in the Peterloo Poets series.
13 April 1993: Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, a play whose action...
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13 April 1993
Tom Stoppard
's Arcadia, a play whose action is divided between the early nineteenth century and the present day, opened (after previews) at the National Theatre
in London.
By 11 May 2002: John Murray, publishers of Austen and Byron...
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By 11 May 2002
John Murray
, publishers of Austen
and Byron
among many others, and one of the few independent publishers remaining after rapid change in the industry, sold out to bookselling chain W. H. Smith
.
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