Leigh Hunt's Letters to Byron from Horsemonger Lane Gaol: A Commentary.
This article explores the eight letters written by Leigh Hunt to Byron during his imprisonment in Horsemonger Lane Gaol that were printed in the last number of The Byron Journal. Particular attention is paid to Hunt's analysis of the character of Napoleon in reply to a letter from Byron, which is no...
| Publicado en: | Byron Journal Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 21 - 33 |
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Liverpool University Press / Journals
2009
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