Byron and the forms of thought / / Anthony Howe.

• Superior document: Liverpool English texts and studies ; 61
• VerfasserIn: Howe, Tony (Lecturer in English),
• Place / Publishing House: Liverpool : : Liverpool University Press,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Liverpool English texts and studies ; 61.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 195 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189) and index.
• ISBN: 1781380910; 1781385556
• Access: Open access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anthony Howe.

Byron and the Forms of Thought is a major new study of Byron as a poet and thinker. While informed by recent work on Byron's philosophical contexts, the book questions attempts to describe Byron as a philosopher of a particular kind. It approaches Byron, rather, as a writer fascinated by the different ways of thinking philosophy and poetry are taken to represent.After an Introduction that explores Byron's reception as a thinker, the book moves to a new reading of Byron's scepticism, arguing for a close proximity, in Byron's thought, between epistemology and poetics. This is explored through readings of Byron's efforts both as a philosophical poet and writer of critical prose. The conclusions reached form the basis of an extended reading of Don Juan as a critical narrative that investigates connections between visionary and political consciousness. What emerges is a deeply thoughtful poet intrigued and exercised by the possibilities of literary form.