Available for the first time in the U.S. in this expanded edition, this is a decisive book on Byron from the author of "Lord Byron's Doctor" and other acclaimed novels. "Few works of literary criticism have been as entertainingly written. Mr. West's prose crackles with wit as well as ideas.... no-one at all interested in Byron can afford to neglect it."--"Western Mail" (U.K.)
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Available for the first time in the U.S. in this expanded edition, this is a decisive book on Byron from the author of "Lord Byron's Doctor" and other acclaimed novels. "Few works of literary criticism have been as entertainingly written. Mr. West's prose crackles with wit as well as ideas.... no-one at all interested in Byron can afford to neglect it."--"Western Mail" (U.K.)
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Fine. Book Octavo, softcover, fine in white pictorial wraps. 157 pgs. Recognized as a decisive book in Byreon studies, shifting attention from the man and his life to the poems and their versification. Beyond "Don Juan" executed with panache and vigor, West radiates the romances and plays as he presents Byron's prose.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Institutional cloth, but NOT x-lib. Residue of price sticker on front, minor notations on rear endpaper.; HB, lg octavo; 156 pages.
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Very Good. A new way to interpret Byron's poetry. This copy belonged to a professor in the Dept of English at the University of Pennsylvania and contains lots of his margin notes.
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Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good or better, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years.