Download or read book Byromania written by Frances Wilson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by leading Byronists explores the development of the myth of Byron and the Byronic from the poet's self-representations to his various appearances in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and in drama, film and portraiture. Byromania (as Annabella Milbanke named the frenzied reaction to Byron's poetry and personality) looks at the phenomena of Byronism through a variety of critical perspectives, and it is designed to appeal to both an academic and a popular readership alike.