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L. E. L., the lost life and scandalous death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the celebrated "female Byron", Lucasta Miller

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L. E. L., the lost life and scandalous death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the celebrated "female Byron", Lucasta Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-377) and index

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individual biography

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

L. E. L.

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Lucasta Miller

Sub title

the lost life and scandalous death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the celebrated "female Byron"

Summary

A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered. Letitia Elizabeth Landon was hailed as the female Byron. She changed English poetry; her novels, short stories, and criticism, like Byron though in a woman's voice, explored the dark side of sexuality. We see L.E.L. as an emblematic figure who embodied a seismic cultural shift, the missing link between the age of Byron and the creation of Victorianism

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Letitia Elizabeth LandonLEL

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