Byron and the politics of freedom and terror
By: edited by Matthew J.A. Green and Piya Pal-Lapinski
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780230246461
Subjects: Politics and literature; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Political and social views; English Political poetry; Liberty in literature; English Revolutionary poetry; History
Description: This interdisciplinary collection explores the divergence or convergence of freedom and terror in a range of Byron's works. Challenging the binary opposition of historicism and critical theory, it combines topical debates in a manner that is sensitive both to the circumstances of their emergence and to their relevance for the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.