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Book SynopsisHow did Byron become "Byron"? The author of this text locates one origin of the poet's personae in the dramatic recitations he performed at Harrow School, in this examination of the four critically formative years of Byron's public school experience. Throughout, the poet is recognized in the boy.
Trade ReviewOne of the best of the many partial biographies that Byron has received... Thanks to Elledge's psychobiographical probing, not only the troubled youth but the mature poet comes better into focus. -- John Clubbe Byron Journal Lord Byron at Harrow School is fine work. Elledge gives a valuable, detailed picture of Byron. -- Paul Douglass European Romantic Review [A] witty and learned study of Byron's schooldays... Elledge's sensitive textual analysis of Byron's self-dramatization in his earliest letters is particularly impressive, and will hopefully inspire others to follow in his footsteps by examining the performative aspect of the correspondence of his adult years. -- Caroline Franklin Notes and Queries A work that gives us new insight into Byron's youth and its relation to his later poetry. -- Andrea Henderson Studies in Romanticism 2004
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Abbreviations
Prologue
Chapter 1. Tutor and Tenant
Chapter 2. Virgilian King: 5 July 1804
Part I
Chapter 3. William Henry West Betty
Chapter 4. Villain: 6 June 1805
Part II
Chapter 5. Shakespearean King: 4 July 1805
Epilogue: "The Sixth of June"
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
