Byron, the Matchless Lily and Aurora.
From the moment Aurora is introduced into Don Juan her stillness disconcerts not just the household and guests at Norman Abbey, but her creator himself. Byron had conjured a character who is the summation of the tangible in his art as well as the intangible in his life, but his virtuosic performance...
| Published in: | Byron Journal Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 15 - 27 |
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