{"id":5847,"date":"2025-03-05T13:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5847"},"modified":"2025-03-05T13:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:12:45","slug":"programme-aftermaths-and-afterlives-byron-in-2025-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5847","title":{"rendered":"Programme: Aftermaths and Afterlives: Byron in 2025 and Beyond."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebyronsociety.com%2Fevents%2F2025-newstead-abbey-byron-conference%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAmy.Wilcockson%40glasgow.ac.uk%7C52d1eca1caeb49b68fe908dd57f13db4%7C6e725c29763a4f5081f22e254f0133c8%7C1%7C0%7C638763415936875854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BePAFBNqs2rG31BVy6BpCaG91hlpraxIUD%2FQtd28yq8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.thebyronsociety.com\/events\/2025-newstead-abbey-byron-conference\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Programme: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebyronsociety.com\/2025-newstead-abbey-conference-programme\/\">https:\/\/www.thebyronsociety.com\/2025-newstead-abbey-conference-programme\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>2025 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>25-26 April, Newstead Abbey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Byron\u2019s posthumous reputation is a complex \u2013 not to say controversial \u2013 topic. This is highlighted by the stark dichotomy between Goethe\u2019s laudatory assessment of Byron\u2019s poetic genius and Wordsworth\u2019s disparaging dismissal of Byron as an immoral and poetically incompetent madman. Widely revered in the initial decades after his death, with a large statue in Hyde Park and countless new editions, piracies and forgeries of his works testifying to his continued popular appeal, nevertheless the residual whiff of scandal and morally suspect poetry disbarred him from a spot in the Poet\u2019s Corner of Westminster Abbey for over a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As definitions of Romanticism coalesced in the early 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century, with Wordsworth at their heart, Byron was increasingly sidelined \u2013 widely perceived as an aberrant and undesirable outlier whose prolific low-quality output had been inexplicably popular with contemporary audiences. This ungenerous and inaccurate assessment has since been overturned, with Byron resuming his place in both the poetic canon and international curricula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the global celebration of Byron\u2019s life and works throughout 2024, the 2025 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference will reflect on the aftermath of Byron\u2019s death and offer an opportunity to discuss the shaping of his posthumous reputations \u2013 encompassing both the period immediately after his demise and the longer term damage to, and redemption of, his reputation as both a man and a poet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.thebyronsociety.com\/events\/2025-newstead-abbey-byron-conference\/ Programme: https:\/\/www.thebyronsociety.com\/2025-newstead-abbey-conference-programme\/ 2025 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference 25-26 April, Newstead Abbey Byron\u2019s posthumous reputation is a complex \u2013 not to say controversial \u2013 topic. 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