Byron's heroines [electronic resource]

Title	Byron's heroines [electronic resource]
Author	Caroline Franklin
Imprint	Oxford : Clarendon, 1992
Connect to	http://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

Byron George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 -- Characters -- Heroines Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century Heroines in literature