A comprehensive guide to the poems, prose, biography, ideas and contexts of Byron, entries range from detailed coverage of the major poems to items on Byron's songs, conversation, interest in boxing, swimming and vampires, and sexual liaisons; also the 'Byronic Hero', Byron in fiction and drama, and his pervasive influence on subsequent literature.
M. Garrett
English literature fiction poem prose British and Irish Literature
**Winner of the Elma Dangerfield Award 2011, from the International Byron Society**
'Byron's range of accomplishments and interests is astonishing...This is an attractive guide that can be read for enjoyment as well as for its wide-ranging information.' Reference Reviews