Treasures: Byron’s life in letters
Discover more about Lord Byron through the life and letters of the Romantic poet at this talk on 24th April at the National Library of Scotland!
About Treasures: Byron’s life in letters
Discover more about Lord Byron through the life and letters of the Romantic poet.
This talk is both in-person at our George IV Bridge building and will also be live-streamed.
Andrew Stauffer discusses his new biography 'Byron: A Life in Ten Letters' with Sir Drummond Bone.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Byron's death. A selection of Byron's letters to Mary Shelley will be on display as part of our 'Treasures' exhibition until September 2024.
Lord Byron was described as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know", and is a celebrated Romantic poet. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame - and scandal - before finding a kind of redemption in the Greek Revolution.
Speakers:
Andrew Stauffer is Professor and Head of English at the University of Virginia and the President of the Byron Society of America.
Sir Drummond Bone is Chair of the National Library of Scotland Board, a former 'Byron Journal' and 'Romanticism' editor, and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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