Byron and the Empire in the East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20072548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marilyn Butler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Pages | 63-81 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Byron (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-349-21060-2_4 |
| OpenAlex | W2472489664 |
| ISBN | 9781349210602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Byron's 200th birthday on 28 January 1988 was dutifully celebrated in the quality media. It must have been either bad form or too troublesome to tackle the real problem he represents, as an apparently major poet whose poetry has in fact been steadily belittled in the English-speaking world. Unlike most writers, whose lives lack incident and variety, Byron makes wonderful journalistic copy. Personable as Princess Di, action-orientated as Bob Geldof, he really belongs not in the book section but in the gossip column. So it was not to the poetry but to the insider anecdotes that the anniversary's column-inches were devoted. Knowing about Byron meant learning of the good looks, the title, the high living and the low joking; especially of the 'tooling', to use Byron's expression, with Turkish concubines, Venetian laundresses, and the handsome wives of the rich and titled anywhere from Portman Square to Constantinople
Ancient history · Empire · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philippine History and Culture · Travel Writing and Literature
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2019 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |