Both Lord Byron’s poetry and his fame as a seducer enchanted and scandalized his time. The Sour Fruit. Lord Byron, Love & Sex examines the poet’s versatile sexuality, from his liaisons to his grand loves, female and above all male, in an era when homosexuality could lead to the gallows.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
A Note on the Text
Foreword
Introduction
1. Geordie. Scotland & Newstead Abbey
2. Hobhouse, Davies & Matthews
3. The 'bel tenebroso'
4. Byron's Bisexuality
5. The Women
6. Homosexuality. John & Robert
7. Heading South
8. Albania, Greece and the East. Nicolo
9. The Matthews Circle
10. Exile. Loukas
11. The Burning in Albemarle Street
12. The Byron Myth
13. Don Leon
Chronology
Lord Byron's Works
Sources
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
