5. Byron, Stephens and the Future of Ruins-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

5. Byron, Stephens and the Future of Ruins

Published:2024-03-21 Issue: Volume: Page:65-78
ISSN:
Container-title:Byron and Trinity
language:en
Short-container-title:

Author:

Poole Adrian¹¹

Affiliation:

1. University of Cambridge

Abstract

In ‘Byron, Stephens and the Future of Ruins’ (2024), Adrian Poole discusses Lord Byron’s contemplation of ruins, both recent, from war in Europe, and ancient, in places like Rome, Athens and Egypt. The chapter explores Byron’s reflection on past, present and future through the lens of ruins. Byron’s poem Childe Harold dwells on the contrast between the former glory and present degradation of Athens, emphasising the ongoing process of ruin inflicted by modern conflicts. Poole discusses Byron’s critical stance on historical figures like Lord Elgin and Lord Aberdeen, who were involved in transporting artefacts. The chapter also introduces John Lloyd Stephens, an American writer and traveller, credited with uncovering the Maya ruins in Central America. Heavily influenced by Byron, Stephens embarked on perilous journeys into an archaeological past with strong contemporary political resonances. The chapter concludes with a reflection on the enduring significance of ruins and their representation of a past that once had a future.

Publisher

Open Book Publishers

Link

https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0399.05.pdf

Reference90 articles.

1. Byron, Lord G., A Letter to * *** [John Murray] on the Rev. W. L. Bowles’s Strictures on the Life and Writings of Pope (London: John Murray, 1821).

2. Ackerman, Karl, ‘Introduction’ in J. L. Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán (Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993), pp. 4–5.

3. Byron, Lord G., Byron: The Complete Poetical Works, ed. by Jerome J. McGann, 7 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980–93).

4. Byron, Lord G., Byron’s Letters and Journals, ed. by Leslie A. Marchand, 13 vols (London: John Murray, 1973–94).

5. Byron, Lord G., Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington (London: H. Colburn, 1834), https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t2795c725&seq=13