Lord Byron: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

The standard edition of Byron’s poems is The Complete Poetical Works, ed. by Jerome J. McGann, 7 vol. (1980–93), with valuable information on the poems and their composition. Byron’s Letters and Journals, ed. by Leslie A. Marchand, 12 vol. (1973–81), contains many newly discovered letters. A generous sampling is given in Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals, ed. by Leslie A. Marchand (1982). A standard modern biography is Leslie A. Marchand, Byron, 3 vol. (1957), which is abridged and updated in his Byron: A Portrait (1970, reissued 1993). More recent biographical discoveries are in Doris Langley Moore, Lord Byron: Accounts Rendered (1974); and Malcolm Elwin, Lord Byron’s Wife (1962, reissued 1974). Works of criticism include M.K. Joseph, Byron: The Poet (1964); Leslie A. Marchand, Byron’s Poetry: A Critical Introduction (1965); Robert F. Gleckner, Byron and the Ruins of Paradise (1967, reprinted 1980); Edward E. Bostetter (ed.), Twentieth Century Interpretations of Don Juan (1969); Jerome J. McGann, Don Juan in Context (1976); and Peter J. Manning, Byron and His Fictions (1978). Andrew Rutherford (compiler), Byron: The Critical Heritage (1970), collects 19th-century critiques; while Robert F. Gleckner (ed.), Critical Essays on Lord Byron (1991), contains studies from 1960 on.

Article History

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Add new Web site: The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture - Biography of Lord Byron. Sep 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Poetry Archive - Lord Byron. Jul 31, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - The Representation of Beauty Discourse in All Lord Byron's Selected Poems. May 28, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Pennsylvania - School of Arts and Sciences - George Gordon. Apr 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 15, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 20, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 18, 2024
Media added. Nov 17, 2023
Media added. Oct 18, 2023
Add new Web site: AllPoetry - Biography of George Gordon Byron. Jun 19, 2023
Add new Web site: British Library - Lord Byron, 19th-century bad boy. Apr 04, 2023
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Biography of Lord Byron. Dec 05, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jan 07, 2021
Add new Web site: Historic UK - Biography of Lord Byron. Nov 22, 2020
Top Questions updated. Jun 07, 2019
Mary Godwin also identified as Mary Shelley; "Godwin's stepdaughter by a second marriage, Claire Clairmont" changed to "Claire Clairmont, her half sister." Feb 22, 2018
Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." Nov 15, 2017
Added cross-references. Sep 13, 2017
Add new Web site: Literary Devices - George Gordon Byron. Dec 02, 2016
Changed article title from George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron to Lord Byron. Sep 27, 2016
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Lord Byron. Nov 27, 2013
Add new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of George Gordon Byron. Nov 27, 2013
Add new Web site: European Graduate School - Biography of Lord Byron. Dec 06, 2012
Add new Web site: The Byron Society - Biography of Lord Byron. Dec 06, 2012
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Lord Byron. Dec 06, 2012
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Biography of Lord George Gordon Byron. Dec 06, 2012
Media added. May 04, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of George Gordon Noel Byron. Nov 25, 2011
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Lord Byron. Nov 23, 2011
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Lord Byron. Nov 23, 2011
In the following sentence, "sufficient" was changed to "an": "...his attachment to women throughout his life is sufficient indication of the strength of his heterosexual drive." Jan 25, 2011
Contributor was misidentified as Lawrence A. Mamiya rather than Leslie A. Marchand. Apr 29, 2009
Article revised and updated. Feb 09, 2007
Added new Web site: George Gordon, Lord Byron - 1788-1824. Jul 17, 2006
Added new Web site: The Life and Work of Lord Byron (1788-1824). May 22, 2006
Article revised. Mar 16, 2006
Article revised. Jun 21, 2002
Article revised. Jan 29, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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