Article: Tom Mole, Byron's Romantic Celebrity: Industrial Culture and the Hermeneutic of Intimacy.(Book review)

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) 227+xxix $69.95

A recent headline from The Independent (September 14, 2007) asks "Was Byron a 19th-century giant--or just an early exponent of celebrity hype?" Tom Mole's new book makes a compelling case that one needn't make such a choice, that Byron's greatness is inextricably involved with his celebrity. Mole sets out to explain the ways that "Byron" emerged out of series of negotiations between the poet, his audiences, and the industry that produced and marketed his work. Anchored by a scrupulous attention to the historical and bibliographical contexts of Byron's poetry, the book offers accounts of Byron's reception and its effects, ...

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