{"id":4240,"date":"2022-07-01T04:08:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T04:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2022-09-03T22:26:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T22:26:46","slug":"byron-independence-and-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4240","title":{"rendered":"Byron: Independence and Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEWSTEAD ABBEY BYRON CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

21-22 April 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Newstead Abbey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CALL FOR PAPERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 1823, Byron embarked upon his ill-fated trip to Greece. Although this trip resulted in his death at the age of 36, it also redeemed a somewhat tarnished reputation and forever immortalised him as the poet of liberty and revolution. Instead of a degenerate exile living in jaded Italian debauchery with a menagerie of animals and a string of mistresses, Byron was transformed into a globally-recognised freedom fighter, willing to sacrifice everything to challenge oppression and tyranny. 1823 also saw the continuation of Byron\u2019s provocative and controversial poetic activities with the publication of Heaven and Earth<\/em> and \u2018The Blues\u2019 in The Liberal<\/em>, the writing of The Island<\/em>, and the completion of Canto 16 of Don Juan<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference will therefore focus on the themes of independence and integrity in Byron\u2019s life and works. Topics can include but are not restricted to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n