Joanne Wilkes
Ashgate
Hardback
220
1999
The British poet Lord Byron and the French writer Madame de Sta?l both made a great impact on a Europe in the throes of the Napoleonic Wars - through their personalities the versions of themselves projected in their works and their literary engagement with contemporary life. However the strong links between them have never been explored in detail. This pioneering study looks at the two writers? personal relations from their verbal sparring in Regency social life through the friendship which developed in Switzerland after Byron left Britain in 1816 to Byron?s tributes to Madame de Sta?l after her death. It concentrates on their literary links both direct responses to each other?s works and copious evidence of shared concerns. Topics covered include the writers? treatment of gender their grappling with the possibilities for ?heroic? endeavour their engagement with the contrasting social and political situations in Britain France and Italy and their conception of the writer?s role.
Ashgate
Hardback
220
1999
The British poet Lord Byron and the French writer Madame de Sta?l both made a great impact on a Europe in the throes of the Napoleonic Wars - through their personalities the versions of themselves projected in their works and their literary engagement with contemporary life. However the strong links between them have never been explored in detail. This pioneering study looks at the two writers? personal relations from their verbal sparring in Regency social life through the friendship which developed in Switzerland after Byron left Britain in 1816 to Byron?s tributes to Madame de Sta?l after her death. It concentrates on their literary links both direct responses to each other?s works and copious evidence of shared concerns. Topics covered include the writers? treatment of gender their grappling with the possibilities for ?heroic? endeavour their engagement with the contrasting social and political situations in Britain France and Italy and their conception of the writer?s role.