Jonathan Bate will explore the life and work of the original celebrity poet - Lord Byron.

He will show how Byron was simultaneously a Romantic and an anti-Romantic, and how his influence spread to almost every corner of Europe, from the Russia of Pushkin to the Greek War of Independence.

A lecture by Sir Jonathan Bate, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 11 June 2019

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/byron-age-of-sensation

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