Jane Austen and Lord Byron: Regency Relations
Christine Kenyon Jones
(Author)
Description
Jane Austen and Lord Byron are often presented as opposites, but here they are together at last. In Regency England he was the first celebrity author while she was a parson's daughter writing anonymously. This book explores how their lives, interests, work and sense of humour often brought them within touching distance, and sets them side by side in the world of the Regency and Romantic period. Using some little-known sources and new research, it illustrates how they were distantly related by marriage; how they knew about each other even though they probably never met; the acquaintances they had in common and how their literary work often came close in subject-matter, approach, technique and tone.
Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, this book will inform and delight scholars and Austen and Byron fans alike, showing that these two great authors were closer than you might think, even in their own day.
Product Details
Price
$108.00
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publish Date
February 22, 2024
Pages
264
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 0.63 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781350381407
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Christine Kenyon Jones is a Research Fellow at King's College London, UK.
Reviews
Christine Kenyon Jones's illuminating book brings us into touching distance with Jane Austen and Lord Byron as she explores their lives, their writing, and the ways they shadowed each other through the Regency world that helped shape them.