Caro: the Fatal Passion
Author | : Henry Blyth |
Publisher | : Coward McCann |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Henry Blyth |
Publisher | : Coward McCann |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : P. Douglass |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2015-12-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1403973342 |
Lady Caroline Lamb , among Lord Byron's many lovers, stands out - vilified, portrayed as a self-destructive nymphomaniac - her true story has never been told. Now, Paul Douglass provides the first unbiased treatment of a woman whose passions and independence were incompatible with the age in which she lived. Taking into account a traumatic childhood, Douglass explores Lamb's so-called 'erotomania' and tendency towards drug abuse and madness - problems she and Byron had in common. In this portrait, she emerges as a person who sacrificed much for the welfare of a sick child, and became an artist in her own right. Douglass illuminates her novels and poetry, her literary friendships, and the lifelong support of her husband and her publisher, John Murray.
Author | : Leigh Wetherall Dickson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2020-03-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1000749371 |
Offers the works of Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), the late Romantic-era novelist most famous for her affair with Lord Byron. Presenting Lamb's works in a scholarly format, this book situates her literary achievements within the context of her Whig allegiances, her sense of noblesse oblige and her promotion of aristocratic reform.
Author | : Frauke Reitemeier |
Publisher | : Universitätsverlag Göttingen |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 386395033X |
Author | : Philip Ziegler |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2013-04-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0571302882 |
'I agree with Lord David [Cecil] that Melbourne as a friend or relative must have been one of the most delightful, wise and entertaining of men, but in public life I believe him also to have been ambitious, cynical and almost wholly without political principle. He was, in short, much less of a carefree amateur, much more of a politician.' Philip Ziegler, from his Preface First published in 1976, Philip Ziegler's Melbourne drew on hitherto unused material and made an unprecedently searching assessment of the eminent Whig statesman of the 1830s/40s. It is extraordinary enough that Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister should have been dragged through the courts by an aggrieved husband not once but twice. Yet Melbourne's 'problematic' personal life is only one reason why Ziegler, even-handed and scrupulous, was compelled to test the validity of Victoria's famous final judgement that Melbourne was 'not a good or firm minister'.
Author | : Frances Wilson |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1999-03-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1349271071 |
This collection of essays by leading Byronists explores the development of the myth of Byron and the Byronic from the poet's self-representations to his various appearances in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and in drama, film and portraiture. Byromania (as Annabella Milbanke named the frenzied reaction to Byron's poetry and personality) looks at the phenomena of Byronism through a variety of critical perspectives, and it is designed to appeal to both an academic and a popular readership alike.
Author | : Janet Gleeson |
Publisher | : Three Rivers Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2008-06-24 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 0307381986 |
The first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats of the Regency period. Intelligent, attractive, and eager to please, at nineteen she married an aloof, distant relative; the only trait they shared was an unhealthy love of gambling. Harriet began a series of illicit dalliances, including one with the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Then she met Lord Granville Leveson Gower, handsome and twelve years her junior. Their years-long affair resulted in the birth of two children, and concealing both pregnancies from her husband required great skill. Harriet was an eyewitness to the French Revolution; traveled through war-torn Europe during the time of Napoleon; quarreled with Byron when he pursued her daughter; and became one of the leading female political activists of her day.--From publisher description.
Author | : Leigh Wetherall Dickson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1040 |
Release | : 2021-02-25 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1000743837 |
Offers the works of Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), the late Romantic-era novelist most famous for her affair with Lord Byron. Presenting Lamb's works in a scholarly format, this book situates her literary achievements within the context of her Whig allegiances, her sense of noblesse oblige and her promotion of aristocratic reform.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 1609 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Antonia Fraser |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2023-06-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1639364064 |
The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron overshadowed her own creativity and desire to break free from society's constraints. From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She also had a merciless wit and talent for mimicry. She spoke French and German fluently, knew Greek and Latin, and sketched impressive portraits. As the niece of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, she was already well connected, and her courtly skills resulted in her marriage to the Hon. William Lamb (later Lord Melbourne) at the age on nineteen. For a few years they enjoyed a happy marriage, despite Lamb's siblings and mother-in-law detesting her and referring to her as "the little beast." In 1812 Caroline embarked on a well-publicised affair with the poet Lord Byron - he was 24, she 26. Her phrase "mad, bad and dangerous to know" became his lasting epitaph. When he broke things off, Caroline made increasingly public attempts to reunite. Her obsession came to define much of her later life, as well as influencing her own writing - most notably the Gothic novel Glenarvon - and Byron's. Antonia Fraser's vividly compelling biography animates the life of 'a free spirit' who was far more than mad, bad and dangerous to know.