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Pilgrim of eternity: the loves and legends of Lord Byron.

Publication: American Scholar
Publication Date: 22-JUN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pilgrim of eternity: the loves and legends of Lord Byron.('Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life')(Book review)

Article Excerpt
BYRON IN LOVE

A Short Daring Life

By Edna O'Brien

W. W. Norton

228pp. | $24.95

Lord Byron's tireless love of women, men, teenagers, prostitutes, his own sister, the wives of others and their 11-year-old daughters--all of them chronicled in the most famous poetry of the 19th century--helped forge a legend that has parallel only in the debauched exploits of Casanova and Sade. Few lives have been as legend-ready as Lord Byron's, few writers as able to cultivate a legend commanding enough to boom down through the centuries. Charlie Chaplin was the first face recognized around the globe, and Charles Lindbergh was the first media celebrity, but Lord Byron (1788-1824) was the first to...

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