Byron's women
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London : Head of Zeus, 2016.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
London : Head of Zeus, 2016.
Format
Book
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xii, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-405) and index.
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One was the mother who bore him; three were women who adored him; one was the sister he slept with; one was his abused and sodomized wife; one was his legitimate daughter; one was the fruit of his incest; and another was his friend Shelley's wife, who avoided his bed and invented science fiction instead. Nine women and one poet named George Gordon, Lord Byron-mad, bad, and very very dangerous to know. The most flamboyant of the Romantics, he wrote literary bestsellers, he was a satirist of genius, he embodied the Romantic love of liberty (the Greeks revere him as a national hero), he was the prototype of the modern celebrity-and he treated women (and these women in particular) abominably. Here, Alex Larman tells their extraordinary, moving, and often shocking stories. In so doing, he creates a scurrilous "anti-biography" of one of England's greatest poets, whose life he views-to deeply unflattering effect-through the prism of the nine damaged woman's lives. -- from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Larman, A. (2016). Byron's women . Head of Zeus.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Larman, Alexander, 1981-. 2016. Byron's Women. Head of Zeus.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Larman, Alexander, 1981-. Byron's Women Head of Zeus, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Larman, Alexander. Byron's Women Head of Zeus, 2016.

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