Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron |
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| Author:
| Trelawny, Edward John |
| Series title: | Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85477-245-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Publisher: | Woodstock Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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"'I have met today the personification of my Corsair,' Byron wrote to Teresa Guiccioli in January 1822. 'He sleeps with the poem under his pillow, and all his past adventures and present manners aim at this personification.' Trelawny was undoubtedly a traveller, an adventurer, a teller of tall tales, and he amused Byron. Though too much of a fantasist to be a wholly reliable witness, he gives us an immensely attractive account of Byron (critical) and Shelley (friendly) in the period...
More Description"'I have met today the personification of my Corsair,' Byron wrote to Teresa Guiccioli in January 1822. 'He sleeps with the poem under his pillow, and all his past adventures and present manners aim at this personification.' Trelawny was undoubtedly a traveller, an adventurer, a teller of tall tales, and he amused Byron. Though too much of a fantasist to be a wholly reliable witness, he gives us an immensely attractive account of Byron (critical) and Shelley (friendly) in the period 1822-4. He uttered pagan incantations over the burning body of Shelley on the beach at Viareggio and saved his heart from the fire. Later he accompanied Byron to Greece."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved