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The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron (Ed. Alan Rawes and Jonathon Shears) (2024)
Book
Shears, J., & Rawes, A. (2024). The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron (Ed. Alan Rawes and Jonathon Shears). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198808800.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron offers the latest in critical thinking about the poet that defined the Romantic era in English Literature. The volume presents forty-five groundbreaking essays that enable readers to assess Lord Byron’s central posit... Read More about The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron (Ed. Alan Rawes and Jonathon Shears).

Byron's Lyric Poetry (2024)
Book Chapter
Shears, J. (2024). Byron's Lyric Poetry. In The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron (48-63). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198808800.013.39

This chapter proposes that Byron’s lyrics are best understood not as part of the tradition of the imaginative, introspective Romantic lyric, but as an exploration of human relations revealed through close attention to subtle shifts in voice, tone, an... Read More about Byron's Lyric Poetry.

Reading Byron's Body and Mind (2024)
Book Chapter
Shears, J. (2024). Reading Byron's Body and Mind. In The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron (596-611). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198808800.013.40

This chapter explores the intersections between body and mind in Byron’s work and self-presentation. These can be viewed through five main lenses: the Galenic language of the four humours; discourses of passions and affections; new understanding of t... Read More about Reading Byron's Body and Mind.