Byron and Italy
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Byron and Italy
By (Author) Alan Rawes
Edited by Diego Saglia
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
18th February 2020
United Kingdom
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Paperback
264
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
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Winner of the Elma Dangerfield 2018 Byron in Italy - Venetian debauchery, Roman sight-seeing, revolution, horse-riding and swimming, sword-brandishing and pistol-shooting, the poet's 'last attachment' - forms part of the fabric of Romantic mythology. Yet Byron's time in Italy was crucial to his development as a writer, to Italy's sense of itself as a nation, to Europe's perceptions of national identity and to the evolution of Romanticism across Europe. In this volume, Byron scholars from Britain, Europe and beyond re-assess the topic of 'Byron and Italy' in all its richness and complexity. They consider Byron's relationship to Italian literature, people, geography, art, religion and politics, and discuss his navigations between British and Italian identities. -- .
Reviews
Byron and Italy is a most welcome contribution in the field which offers fresh approaches on current debates and opens new investigative paths by posing searching, original, and timely questions.
Maria Schoina , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, The BARS Review, no. 51, Spring 2018
Author Bio
Alan Rawes is Senior Lecturer in Romanticism at the University of Manchester
Diego Saglia is Professor of English Literature at the University of Parma
