📜 Hero Dust: Byron's Napoleonic Dramatis Personae
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Keats House
London NW3 2RR
Thu 02 Jul
6.30pm to 8pm
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With Napoleon's abdication in 1814, the man Byron had idolized since his youth meets an inglorious end, and with him, Byron's hopes for a new age.
In 'Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte' (1814), Byron summons a cast of characters from history, mythology, fact and fable, searching for some counterpart for Napoleon who can 'dazzle and dismay', and represent both the best and worst of humanity.
In a final twist, however, less than a year since the Ode, Napoleon escapes from exile in a sensational return to power. As he looms over Europe again, how will Byron's characterizations hold up?
Join Toby Lucas, from Durham University, to find out more.
This event is a partnership between Keats House and the Byron Society.
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