Liberty and Poetic Licence : New Essays on Byron

This volume runs chonologically from the earliest of Byron's productions, through those of his early maturity, to those of his fullest development.

It covers his output in both poetry and prose, and considers many works that do not generally claim, or have not generally claimed, serious critical attention.The general theme running throughout the collect ion is that of "freedom", with particular essays looking at grammar, geology, animal rights; literary, religious and intercontinental influences; poet-publisher relations; and morality.