Byron and the Age of Sensation

Jonathan Bate will explore the life and work of the original celebrity poet - Lord Byron. He will show how Byron was simultaneously a Romantic and an anti-Romantic, and how his influence spread to almost every corner of Europe, from the Russia of Pushkin to the Greek War of Independence. A lecture by Sir Jonathan Bate, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 11 June 2019 The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.u...