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The Burning of Byron's Memoirs is a collection of new and uncollected essays, and papers given at many conferences over a two-decade period. They cover many aspects of Byron's life and work, including his relationship with his parents, his library, his attitude to Shakespeare, his borrowings from other writers, and his feelings about women and men. Two essays centre on his close friends Hobbouse and Kinnaird. All are informed by first-hand acquaintance with primary texts. The title essay has been hailed as the best-ever documentation of the disgraceful way in which Byron's Memoirs were destroyed within days of his death being announced. For anyone interested in Byron either as a man, a poet, or as a cultural phenomenon, The Burning of Byron's Memoirs is essential reading. --Provided by publisher Moore, Hobhouse, and the burning of Byron's memoirs -- Byron's dirty jokes -- Byron's "divided loyalties" -- Being Byron's banker -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage -- Byron's fan letters -- Grasping the nettle: Byron, the Turks, and the Greeks -- Byron and Ali Pasha -- Byron's problem with mothers -- "Assyrian Tales": Byron, homosexuality and incest -- Byron the vampire, and the vampire women: Part I: Charlotte Dacre, Part 2: Felicia Hemans -- Byron's legacy, and Byron's inheritance -- Byron and his will'o'th'wisps -- Byron and Scotland -- Byron and Shakespeare -- Byron in the movies -- Byron grew up in Venice -- Byron and Newstead Abbey -- The Corsair, Byron's silliest poem -- Byron's religion versus Byron's women -- Byron's library -- Byron and plagiarism -- Byron's charities -- Altering the focus: Byron's reading of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner -- Don Juan: Confluence-point of many traditions -- Why did Byron go back to Greece? -- Fletcher on Medwin -- Two after-dinner talks: Byron and Birthdays, Why the English hate Byron -- Comedy -- The Devil and Newstead Abbey -- Cynthia Ridge: The forgotten poet of Neward -- The editor's tale -- Byron's literary reception in North-East Karelia -- Moviemakers discover Robert Southey -- Contributor's guide
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