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Chargement... Swimming with Lord Byron: A Biographypar William Kuhn
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. ‘Swimming with Lord Byron’ fascinated and absorbed me from the start. It reads like a great work of fiction, partly due to Byron’s complex character and eventful life, but also due to the engaging way it is written. The author shows how the poet’s art and life intertwined and affected each other and speculates on how early experiences shaped his character and work. It gave me a lot to think about and I came away feeling a deeper and more personal understanding of Byron. The author has clearly researched and thought about Byron’s life in depth and provides extensive notes and references at the end.I don’t usually enjoy biographies, but I was curious about Lord Byron and I’m glad I took the opportunity to read and review an early copy of this one. It changed my perceptions and will remain with me a long time. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. Though at times I really wonder why we always should hear about someone's same-sex relationships as where we never hear about some people's relationship with the opposite sex, I can see the importance in the light of the life of Lord Byron.The author manages to make you feel like travelling through time and get acquainted with Lord Byron himself. But you also will feel the athmosphere of the places you visit in the book. If empathy seems to be a fashionable word these days (often for the wrong reasons), in this case the author get exactly that done with the reader, empathy for Lord Byron. Being a biography I would have appreciated some illustrations, but that is personal. I think the only flaw is that the author mentions the age at the beginning of each chapter. But maybe others do value exactly that. Surprise for me was to read that Lord Byron came to the Southern Netherlands! Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I've read some Lord Byron but I was not aware of his history and this biography puts his writings in a new perspective for me. Lord Byron was a complex man according to this book, and it sounds like he projected his own personal life in a lot of his work. I'm eager to reread some of his writing with a new view.Excellent research done for this book and in an easy to read format that will keep you interested throughout. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. A scholarly biography that was brilliantly researched using primary sources. The book was not without its uncomfortable moments. That said, the author's critique of UK academics who overlook Byron's same-sex experiences underscores the prevalent ignorance towards LGBTQ+ narratives in historical biographies. If speculation is avoided entirely, LGBTQ+ stories from the Victorian and Edwardian era would never be told. An essential read for anyone interested in Lord Byron's story. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The biographical details will be familiar to anyone with a fair-ish knowledge of Lord Byron's life; the difference here is that everything is interpreted with a thoroughly 21st century viewpoint.
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