Byron's War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107470385)

Roderick Beaton re-examines Lord Byron's life and writing through the long trajectory of his relationship with Greece. Beginning with the poet's youthful travels in 1809-1811, Byron's War traces his years of fame in London and self-imposed exile in Italy, that culminated in the decision to devote himself to the cause of Greek independence. Then comes Byron's dramatic self-transformation, while in Cephalonia, from Romantic rebel to 'new statesman', subordinating himself for the first time to a defined, political cause, in order to begin laying the foundations, during his 'hundred days' at Missolonghi, for a new kind of polity in Europe - that of the nation-state as we know it today. Byron's War draws extensively on Greek historical sources and other unpublished documents, to tell an individual story that also offers a new understanding of the significance that Greece had for Byron, and of Byron's contribution to the origin of the present-day Greek state.

Author: Roderick Beaton
ISBN-10: 1107470382
ISBN-13: 9781107470385
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2014
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d