The work reconstructs Oxford’s life, assesses his poetic works, and demonstrates the absurdity of attributing Shakespeare’s works to him.

In three sections devoted to the historical, textual and literary contexts of Byron's life and times, these specially commissioned essays by a range of eminent Byron scholars provide a compelling picture of the diversity of Byron's writings ...

Poet, painter, and engraver William Blake died in 1827 in obscure poverty with few admirers. The attention paid today to his remarkable poems, prints, and paintings would have astonished his contemporaries.

Handwritten copy after the fourth ediition, transcribed by Wm. Simpson. Reproduces the preface and postscript from the second edition and the complete text, including footnotes, of the one thousand fifty-two line poem, written by Bryon.

'This is the Spenser encyclopedia ... far surpassing in scope, size, and ambition any Spenser handbooks, reference guides, supplements, or topical dictionaries that have preceded it .

An abridged edition that will remain the standard biography for many years.