AuthorFranklin, Caroline, 1949-
TitleByron's heroines [electronic resource] / Caroline Franklin
Imprint Oxford : Clarendon, 1992
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198112303.001.0001
Descript 1 online resource (280 p.)

SUMMARY

A feminist critique of Lord Byron's depiction of women. The heroines of his narrative and dramatic verse are considered in the light of the early 19th-century debate on the role of woman in society and are compared with the heroines of Byron's contemporaries


SUBJECT

  1. Byron
  2. George Gordon Byron
  3. Baron
  4. 1788-1824 -- Characters -- Heroines
  5. Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
  6. Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
  7. Heroines in literature