Book contents
- Byron in Context
- Byron in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Note on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Political, Social and Intellectual Transformations
- Chapter 7 Politics
- Chapter 8 War
- Chapter 9 Greece’s Byron
- Chapter 10 Byron’s Italy
- Chapter 11 Orientalism
- Chapter 12 Religion
- Chapter 13 Natural Philosophy
- Chapter 14 Sexuality
- Chapter 15 Libertinism
- Chapter 16 Fashion, Self-Fashioning and the Body
- Part III Literary Cultures
- Part IV Reception and Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 9 - Greece’s Byron
from Part II - Political, Social and Intellectual Transformations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2019
- Byron in Context
- Byron in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Note on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Political, Social and Intellectual Transformations
- Chapter 7 Politics
- Chapter 8 War
- Chapter 9 Greece’s Byron
- Chapter 10 Byron’s Italy
- Chapter 11 Orientalism
- Chapter 12 Religion
- Chapter 13 Natural Philosophy
- Chapter 14 Sexuality
- Chapter 15 Libertinism
- Chapter 16 Fashion, Self-Fashioning and the Body
- Part III Literary Cultures
- Part IV Reception and Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Lord Byron was not the first foreigner to arrive in revolutionary Mesologgi, or to die there. What set Byron apart from other volunteers was his celebrity status, based on literary success and a notorious lifestyle. His sojourn in the town to represent the London Greek Committee, and his death there on April 19, 1824, became the foremost symbols of nineteenth-century Philhellenism.
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- Byron in Context , pp. 77 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019