Lord Byron's Life in ItalyUniversity of Delaware Press, 2005 - 700 pages Lord Byron's Life in Italy is an English translation of Vie de Lord Byron en Italie by Byron's Italian friend Teresa Guiccioli, the manuscript of which has lain in Ravenna since the early 1880s, and which has never-been published, or even read except by a small number of scholars. Teresa Guiccioli was the poet's last mistress, his liaison with whom was of longer duration than any other. They met in 1819, and their relationship lasted until he left Italy for Greece in 1823. Persecuted by the authorities because of the friendship with such a dangerous man, Teresa's family had to move from Ravenna to Pisa and finally to Genoa. Teresa knew Byron better, probably, than any other person, and her fresh and original account of his life has been unknown for too long. This superb translation, with elaborate introduction and notes, fills a long-acknowledged gap in studies of Byron. Michael Rees is a past joint chair of the Byron Society. Peter Cochran is the editor of the Newstead Abbey Byron Society Review. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Translators Notes | 52 |
The Manuscript | 54 |
Editorial Notes | 58 |
Chronology | 61 |
Lord Byron in England | 67 |
Lord Byron in Switzerland | 72 |
ii A Hostess of Genius | 75 |
Lord Byron Alone in Ravenna Again | 323 |
ii No Return for the Exiles | 326 |
iii Forbearance with Servants | 330 |
iv Shelleys Reputation | 333 |
v Malaria and Melancholy | 336 |
Lord Byrons Last Weeks in Ravenna | 340 |
ii A Widening Rift | 343 |
iii Gifford and the Dramas | 348 |
iii Swiss and English Rebuffs | 79 |
iv Manfred in the Alps | 82 |
Lord Byron in Italy Milan | 86 |
Lord Byron in Venice | 89 |
ii Isle of Armenians | 92 |
iii In High Society | 95 |
Lord Byron in Rome and La Mira | 97 |
Lord Byron at Palazzo Mocenigo | 101 |
ii Relief for the Destitute | 104 |
iii Antics of a Housekeeper | 107 |
iv Honor and Desolation | 109 |
v The Satirical Vein | 111 |
vi Easy Pleasures of Youth | 114 |
vii Escape from Dantes Wood | 116 |
Lord Byron and Countess Guiccioli | 120 |
ii Mystic Feelings of Sympathy | 123 |
iii Knitting Closer Bonds | 126 |
iv Anguish at the Opera | 129 |
v Bleakness of Separation | 131 |
vi Plotting and Jealousy | 133 |
vii Steadfast through Delays | 135 |
viii From Ferrara to Bologna | 138 |
Lord Byron in Ravenna | 142 |
ii Sacrifice of the Heart | 145 |
iii Pine Woods and Poetry | 148 |
iv The Raptures of Recovery | 151 |
v Prudery and Slander | 154 |
vi Provincial Prejudice | 158 |
vii Martyr to Love | 160 |
viii Consoling Invitations | 162 |
Lord Byron in Bologna | 164 |
ii The Message in a Book | 167 |
iii Transactions with the Count | 170 |
Lord Byron in Arqua and Padua | 173 |
ii Poetic Musings | 176 |
iii Surprises at the Inn | 179 |
Lord Byron in La Mira | 183 |
ii The Gambas Misgivings | 185 |
iii A Brother Confined | 188 |
iv The Disastrous Marriage | 190 |
v Moore and the Memoirs | 193 |
vi Pulci and Tales of Outrage | 196 |
Lord Byron in Venice again | 200 |
ii The Error Unmasked | 203 |
iii Farewell to the Enchantress | 206 |
Lord Byron back in Ravenna | 209 |
ii The Quiet and Simple Life | 212 |
iii Disputes with the Count | 214 |
iv Stirrings for Liberty | 217 |
v Talk of Separation | 219 |
vi Petition to the Pontiff | 222 |
vii A Noble and Generous Part | 225 |
Lord Byron after the Separation | 232 |
ii Terrifying Mirror of the Truth | 235 |
iii Talent Tenderness and Love | 239 |
Lord Byron at Filetto | 242 |
ii Eclipse of the Sun | 244 |
iii Patriots and Bigots | 246 |
Lord Byrons Second Ravenna Winter | 251 |
ii The Abortive Editor | 253 |
iii A Dreary Anniversary | 256 |
iv Literature and the Countess | 259 |
v The Origins of Myrrha | 261 |
Lord Byron and the Carbonari | 265 |
ii The Sigh of Ages | 268 |
iii Relying upon Naples | 272 |
iv Letter from a Volunteer | 275 |
v Scoundrels at the Heel of the Boot | 277 |
Lord Byron and the Exiles | 281 |
ii The Reported Hissing | 283 |
iii A Different Style of Drama | 285 |
iv Double Assault on Don Juan | 288 |
v The Storm Breaks | 291 |
vi Comfort from the Banished | 295 |
vii Pressure on the Countess | 297 |
viii The Reluctant Parting | 299 |
Lord Byron Alone in Ravenna | 302 |
ii Anxious Imaginings | 305 |
iii Doubts about Destination | 307 |
iv Romagna and Geneva Rejected | 310 |
Lord Byron in Ravenna with Shelley | 314 |
ii Differing Views of Poetry | 317 |
iii The Stamp of Immortality | 320 |
iv Rogers and Lord Clare | 352 |
Lord Byron in Pisa | 358 |
ii Medwins Conversations | 362 |
iii Trelawny and Hunt | 367 |
Lord Byron in Pisa with Shelley | 371 |
ii Shelleys Two Marriages | 375 |
iii The Poets Contrasted | 379 |
iv Private Theatricals | 383 |
v The Bartolini Bust | 386 |
Lord Byron and Cain | 391 |
ii Temporary Rupture | 394 |
iii The Critics Onslaught | 398 |
iv The Reaction of Friends | 401 |
v Southeys Rancor | 405 |
vi Macaulay on Southey | 410 |
Lord Byron and Don Juan | 414 |
ii Dictated by a Sprite | 417 |
iii Grappling with Cant | 421 |
iv Dazzling Redress from Abroad | 424 |
Lord Byron and the Pisan Affray | 429 |
ii Attempted Revenge | 431 |
iii Official Investigation | 435 |
Lord Byron in Pisa Leghorn and Montenero | 439 |
ii Tribute from America | 444 |
iii Mediterranean Moonlight | 449 |
iv First Thoughts of Biography | 454 |
v Outburst from a Servant | 457 |
vi A Tissue of Perversity | 460 |
vii The Journalist Installed | 462 |
Lord Byron back in Pisa | 466 |
ii A Name not Mentioned | 469 |
iii Forebodings of Doom | 471 |
iv Engulfed by the Sea | 475 |
v Obsequies on the Beach | 478 |
Lord Byrons Last Days in Pisa | 483 |
ii Compensation from Hobhouse | 486 |
iii Illness and Earthquake | 490 |
Lord Byrons Arrival in Genoa | 493 |
ii Two Visions of Judgement | 496 |
iii Shelleys Orphan | 499 |
iv Lord Byron in Retrospect | 501 |
v Hunt the MischiefMaker | 503 |
vi Mrs Shelley Undeceived | 506 |
Lord Byron in Genoa | 511 |
ii Masquerade and Sobriety | 514 |
iii The Indignant Muse | 517 |
iv Spurning the Snuffbox | 525 |
Lord Byron and Lady Blessington | 528 |
ii Adelines Infatuation | 531 |
iii A Reunion Proposed | 534 |
iv The Farewell Dinner | 538 |
v Imaginary Conversations | 540 |
Lord Byrons Dilemmas | 546 |
ii Escape from Ingratitude | 548 |
Lord Byrons Resolve to Leave for Greece | 552 |
ii Ambition for Virtue | 556 |
iii The Committees Invitation | 559 |
iv Military Prospects31 | 564 |
v Agonies of Anticipation | 568 |
vi That Fatal Day | 575 |
Lord Byron the Hero | 579 |
Selected Letters of Teresa Guiccioli to Byron | 581 |
INTRODUCTION pages 358 Lamartines Teresa Guiccioli | 610 |
Chapter 1 Shelleys two letters to TG see her pages 234 5730 and 5780 | 612 |
Chapter 12 The Papal Rescript granting TGs first separation see translation at her page 3410 | 615 |
Chapter 12 Cardinal Rusconis letter to TG see translation at her page 3413 | 616 |
Chapter 12 TGs second separation see her page 3427 | 617 |
Chapter 15 Bulwer Lytton on Myrrha see TGs 4529 | 625 |
Chapter 17 Byrons letter to Cardinal Rusconi June 25 1821 see TGs 4606 | 626 |
Chapter 17 Michele Leonis letters to Byron see TGs note on her page 4608 | 631 |
Chapter 17 Niccolinis Life of Byron see TGs note to her page 4627 | 635 |
Chapter 17 Italian text of a letter from Ruggiero Gamba to TG July 11 1821 translation at page 4650 and the Italian text of letter from B to Ruggiero ... | 637 |
Chapter 20 The Duchess of Devonshires letter to B see TGs page 5788 | 639 |
Chapter 27 Leigh Hunts description of TG see TGs page 71206 | 640 |
Chapter 29 The Pisan diary of John Cam Hobhouse September 1521 1822 edited from BL Add Mss 56546 ff 105vl 14r See TGs pages 7130911 | 642 |
Chapter 32 Byrons letter to Lady Byron November 17 1821 see TGs page 81474 | 650 |
Chapter 34 More from Byrons letters to Bowring see TGs page 91512 part of the interpolated section just before the continuation of page 91576 | 651 |
TGs affair with Henry Fox from The Journal of the Hon Henry Edward Fox afterwards fourth and last Lord Holland 18181830 edited by the Earl of ... | 653 |
TGS Letter to John Murray HI | 657 |
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Popular passages
Page 13 - Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press To shed thy blood, and drink the tears of thy distress...
Page 14 - Where shall I turn me not to view its bonds, For I will never feel them. Italy, Thy late reviving Roman soul desponds Beneath the lie this state-thing breathed o'er thee. Thy clanking chain and Erin's yet green wounds Have voices, tongues to cry aloud for me. Europe has slaves, allies, kings, armies still, And Southey lives to sing them very ill.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Lord Byron's Life in Italy |
| Author | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) |
| Editor | Peter Cochran |
| Translated by | Michael Rees |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Delaware Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0874137160, 9780874137163 |
| Length | 700 pages |
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