{"product_id":"byron-in-geneva-hardcover","title":"Byron in Geneva - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord Byron left England forever. His first destination was the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva where he stayed together with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori. Byron in Geneva focuses sharply on the poet's life in the summer of that year, a famous time for meteorologists (for whom 1816 is the year without a summer), but also that crucial moment in the development of his writing when, urged on by Shelley, Byron tried to transform himself into a Romantic poet of the Wordsworthian variety. The book gives a vivid impression of what Byron thought and felt in these few months after the breakdown of his marriage, but also explores the different aspects of his nature that emerge in contact with a remarkable cast of supporting characters, which also included Madame de Sta?l, who presided over a famous salon in Coppet, across the lake from Geneva, and Matthew Lewis, author of the splendidly erotic  Gothic' best-seller, The Monk. David Ellis sets out to challenge recent damning studies of Byron and through his meticulous exploration of the private and public life of the poet at this pivotal moment, he reasserts the value of Byron's wit, warm-heartedness, and hatred of cant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Ellis\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kent. His other books include \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Leavisite: The Decline and Fall of Cambridge English\u003c\/em\u003e (LUP, 2013), \u003cem\u003eDeath and the author: how D. H. Lawrence died, and was remembered\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2008) and \u003cem\u003eLiterary Lives: Biography and the search for understanding\u003c\/em\u003e (EUP, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.48 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773622944032,"sku":"9781846316432","price":77.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5c1ea80eeae3417862c203994fc77036_9a9fb162-3136-4b6e-b24a-55384f76103d.webp?v=1780429257","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/byron-in-geneva-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}