The Poems of Lord Byron - Don Juan

Volumes IV & V
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-56276-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 1278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 2178 g

Reihe: Longman Annotated English Poets

Byron’s Don Juan is one of the greatest poems in the English language. Byron’s friends initially agreed that ‘it will be impossible to publish this’. Byron prevailed, however, and the first two cantos were issued anonymously after much editorial revision. Even in its revised form, Don Juan was perceived as a radical attack on establishment values; the poem has remained a beacon for freedom of speech and retains its power to shock.

Since it was published in 1819–24, all printed editions of the poem have used the text prepared by Byron’s publishers, John Murray and John Hunt. This is the first new text of the poem to be printed in two hundred years. The Longman edition is based on a comprehensive line-by-line analysis of the manuscripts, so the text of the poem follows Byron’s own voice, pace and pauses, rather than the grammatical punctuation and more cautious word choice inserted by his nineteenth-century editors.

The Longman Don Juan has been annotated afresh, allowing readers to see where Byron left open the choice of words or rhymes, and demonstrating the extraordinary breadth and depth of his literary allusions, topical and cultural references, and socially coded jokes. Textual annotation includes reception history, extensive bibliographies and a detailed chronology, situating Don Juan in the literary, scientific, dramatic, political, musical and social life of the early nineteenth century. A detailed index to the poem and annotation provides an unparalleled resource for students and scholars.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hopps, Gavin

Stabler, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume IV

A Note From the General Editors

Editorial Preface and Editorial Principles

Acknowledgments

Note on Illustrations

List of Figures

Chronological Table of Byron's Life and Publications

Abbreviations

Don Juan

Draft Preface

Dedication

Cantos I-II

Appendix Brougham Stanzas, note and note on Hazlitt

Cantos III-V

Preface to Cantos VI-VIII

Canto VI

Volume V

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Cantos VII-VIII

Cantos IX-XI

Cantos XII-XIV

Cantos XV-XVI

Canto XVII

Über Autor(innen)

Jane Stabler teaches at the School of English, University of St Andrews, Scotland. Her books include Byron, Poetics and History (CUP 2002), The Artistry of Exile: Romantic & Victorian Writers in Italy (OUP 2013), the Longman Byron Critical Reader and the Palgrave Byron Advances volume.

Gavin Hopps is Director of ITIA and Senior Lecturer in Literature and Theology at the University of St Andrews. His publications include The Extravagance of Music (with David Brown; 2018).