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BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824) Autograph letter...

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BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824) Autograph letter...

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BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Autograph letter signed to Francis Hodgson, Maidenhead, 6 June 1813, 2 pages, 4to , with integral address leaf, postmarked, traces of seal (seal tear not affecting text, very slight spotting).
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Autograph letter signed to Francis Hodgson, Maidenhead, 6 June 1813, 2 pages, 4to , with integral address leaf, postmarked, traces of seal (seal tear not affecting text, very slight spotting). Byron sends 'a few lines on business - Murray has thought proper at his own wish - & peril -- & profit (if there be any) to publish the Giaour'; if Hodgson is to review the poem, then Byron is anxious that he works not from a first draft, but from 'the published copies -- there are additions to the amount of ten pages text & margin ... which renders it a little less unfinished (but more unintelligible than before)'. Byron hopes to see his friend in town the following week, 'you know I have no time or turn for correspondence'. Byron's poem The Giaour , one of four highly acclaimed Oriental romances, was written when at the height of his popularity in London. The tale originated from Byron's Grand Tour (1809-11), when, in Athens, he is thought to have played some part in saving a girl from being drowned in a sack. The subject of The Giaour (or 'gavur', the Turkish word for infidel or nonbeliever) is a slave, Leila, who falls in love with a giaour and is thrown into the sea by her master, Hassan, who in turn is killed in revenge by the giaour. Its publication in 1813 met with great success, consolidating Byron's literary reputation. Byron first met Francis Hodgson (1781-1852) at Cambridge in 1807; a noted classical scholar, former master at Eton and tutor at King's College, Hodgson became one of Byron's intellectual circle, sharing appreciation of Pope and Dryden's works.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 27
Auktion:
Datum:
03.07.2007
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
3 July 2007, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Autograph letter signed to Francis Hodgson, Maidenhead, 6 June 1813, 2 pages, 4to , with integral address leaf, postmarked, traces of seal (seal tear not affecting text, very slight spotting).
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Autograph letter signed to Francis Hodgson, Maidenhead, 6 June 1813, 2 pages, 4to , with integral address leaf, postmarked, traces of seal (seal tear not affecting text, very slight spotting). Byron sends 'a few lines on business - Murray has thought proper at his own wish - & peril -- & profit (if there be any) to publish the Giaour'; if Hodgson is to review the poem, then Byron is anxious that he works not from a first draft, but from 'the published copies -- there are additions to the amount of ten pages text & margin ... which renders it a little less unfinished (but more unintelligible than before)'. Byron hopes to see his friend in town the following week, 'you know I have no time or turn for correspondence'. Byron's poem The Giaour , one of four highly acclaimed Oriental romances, was written when at the height of his popularity in London. The tale originated from Byron's Grand Tour (1809-11), when, in Athens, he is thought to have played some part in saving a girl from being drowned in a sack. The subject of The Giaour (or 'gavur', the Turkish word for infidel or nonbeliever) is a slave, Leila, who falls in love with a giaour and is thrown into the sea by her master, Hassan, who in turn is killed in revenge by the giaour. Its publication in 1813 met with great success, consolidating Byron's literary reputation. Byron first met Francis Hodgson (1781-1852) at Cambridge in 1807; a noted classical scholar, former master at Eton and tutor at King's College, Hodgson became one of Byron's intellectual circle, sharing appreciation of Pope and Dryden's works.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 27
Auktion:
Datum:
03.07.2007
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
3 July 2007, London, King Street
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