Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay (Engli

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A striking literary biography by a significant and talented young writer

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'A most impressive achievement' Michael Holroyd'Enthralling' Sunday Times'Masterly' Telegraph_______________________'The web of our Life is of mingled Yarn'- John KeatsIn Young Romantics Daisy Hay shatters the myth of the Romantic poet as a solitary, introspective genius, telling the story of the communal existence of an astonishingly youthful circle. The fiery, generous spirit of Leigh Hunt, radical journalist and editor of The Examiner, took centre stage. He bound together the restless Shelley and his brilliant wife Mary, author of Frankenstein; Mary's feisty step-sister Claire Clairmont, who became Byron's lover and the mother of his child; and Hunt's charismatic sister-in-law Elizabeth Kent. With authority, sparkling prose and constant insight Daisy Hay describes their travels in France, Switzerland and Italy, their artistic triumphs, their headstrong ways, their grievous losses and their devastating tragedies.Young Romantics explores the history of the group, from its inception in Leigh Hunt's prison cell in 1813 to its ultimate disintegration in the years following 1822. It encompasses tales of love, betrayal, sacrifice and friendship, all of which were played out against a background of political turbulence and intense literary creativity. This smouldering turmoil of strained relationships and insular friendships would ferment to inspire the drama of Frankenstein, the heady idealism of Shelley's poetry, and Byron's own self-loathing, self-loving public persona.Above all the characters are rendered on the page with marvellous vitality, and this is a gloriously entrancing and revelatory read, the debut of a young biographer of the highest calibre and enormous promise.

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A striking literary biography which explores the entangled lives of the circle revolving around Leigh Hunt, which included the Shelleys and Byron. The turmoil of their relationships would ferment to inspire the drama of Frankenstein, the idealism of Shelley's poetry and Byron's own self-loathing, self-loving public persona.

Author Biography

Daisy Hay studied for her PhD at New Hall, Cambridge, and has recently taken up the Alistair Horne Fellowship at St. Antony's College, Oxford to research her next book. Young Romantics is her first book

Review

'A most impressive achievement' Michael Holroyd 'Truly, it's delicious...the book's pace and sweep induce you to investigate nooks and crannies into which Hay is able to shine a torch only briefly, to take down from your shelves books you haven't touched in two decades' Observer 'A masterly achievement. Lively, innovative and brimming with insights, it offers a wonderfully intimate and well-researched story of collaboration, rivalry and passion during a fascinating period in literary history' Daily Telegraph 'Enthralling' Sunday Times

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Like Amanda Foreman with Georgiana, Daisy Hay is set to revitalise the great British tradition of literary biography For fans of Stella Tillyard's groundbreaking Aristocrats, Fiona McCarthy's Eric Gill (not without its own hints of incest either) and Jenny Uglow's The Lunar Men Winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize

Long Description

'The web of our Life is of mingled Yarn' John Keats..In Young Romantics Daisy Hay shatters the myth of the Romantic poet as a solitary, introspective genius, telling the story of the communal existence of an astonishingly youthful circle. The fiery, generous spirit of Leigh Hunt, radical journalist and editor of The Examiner, took centre stage. He bound together the restless Shelley and his brilliant wife Mary, author of Frankenstein; Mary's feisty step-sister Claire Clairmont, who became Byron's lover and the mother of his child; and Hunt's charismatic sister-in-law Elizabeth Kent. With authority, sparkling prose and constant insight Daisy Hay describes their travels in France, Switzerland and Italy, their artistic triumphs, their headstrong ways, their grievous losses and their devastating tragedies...Young Romantics explores the history of the group, from its inception in Leigh Hunt's prison cell in 1813 to its ultimate disintegration in the years following 1822. It encompasses tales of love, betrayal, sacrifice and friendship, all of which were played out against a background of political turbulence and intense literary creativity. This smouldering turmoil of strained relationships and insular friendships would ferment to inspire the drama of Frankenstein, the heady idealism of Shelley's poetry, and Byron's own self-loathing, self-loving public persona...Above all the characters are rendered on the page with marvellous vitality, and this is a gloriously entrancing and revelatory read, the debut of a young biographer of the highest calibre and enormous promise.

Review Quote

'Truly, it's delicious...the book's pace and sweep induce you to investigate nooks and crannies into which Hay is able to shine a torch only briefly, to take down from your shelves books you haven't touched in two decades'

Promotional "Headline"

Tales of love, betrayal, sacrifice and friendship - this striking literary biography shatters the myth of the Romantic poets

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Like Amanda Foreman with Georgiana, Daisy Hay is set to revitalise the great British tradition of literary biography

Details ISBN1408809729 Author Daisy Hay Pages 384 Year 2011 ISBN-10 1408809729 ISBN-13 9781408809723 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Subtitle The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 821.809 Short Title YOUNG ROMANTICS Language English Birth 1981 Publication Date 2011-05-03 UK Release Date 2011-05-03 NZ Release Date 2011-05-03 AU Release Date 2011-06-23 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General We've got this

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