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Garrett, Martin

George Gordon, Lord Byron

(4) YA British Library Writers' Lives series. This scholarly biography of one of Britain's most celebrated but paradoxical poets is well researched if a bit academic. Garrett draws upon primary and secondary sources and smoothly incorporates selected verses throughout the volume, as he examines Byron's poetry in the context of his brief, infamous life. Numerous color and black-and-white reproductions of paintings and engravings accompany the text. Bib., ind.

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