In this Book
- Byron and the Forms of Thought
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Liverpool University Press
summary
Byron and the Forms of Thought is a major new study of Byron as a poet and thinker. While informed by recent work on Byron’s philosophical contexts, the book questions attempts to describe Byron as a philosopher of a particular kind. It approaches Byron, rather, as a writer fascinated by the different ways of thinking philosophy and poetry are taken to represent.
After an Introduction that explores Byron’s reception as a thinker, the book moves to a new reading of Byron’s scepticism, arguing for a close proximity, in Byron’s thought, between epistemology and poetics. This is explored through readings of Byron’s efforts both as a philosophical poet and writer of critical prose. The conclusions reached form the basis of an extended reading of Don Juan as a critical narrative that investigates connections between visionary and political consciousness. What emerges is a deeply thoughtful poet intrigued and exercised by the possibilities of literary form.
An Open Access edition of this work is available on the OAPEN Library.
Table of Contents

- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Abbreviations
- p. vi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Part I: Philosophy
- Part 2: Poetics
- Part 3: Outlines
- Coda: 'In short'
- pp. 174-180
- Bibliography
- pp. 181-190
Additional Information
ISBN
9781781385555
Related ISBN(s)
9781846319716
MARC Record
OCLC
1138060702
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2020-02-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes