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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters from Lord Byron to John Murray II |
| Date | 20 Jan 1819 - Dec 1820 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) |
| Theme | Business and Finance; Literature and Poetry |
| Description | Assorted correspondence penned by Lord Byron, predominantly regarding "Don Juan". Includes comments on the Castlereagh stanzas and printing in addition to Byron's famous comment on Murray's edits: "You shan't make canticles of my cantos. The poem will please if it is lively - if it is stupid it will fail - but I will have none of your damned cutting and slashing." Also includes the poet's recollection of an argument between George Lamb and Scrope Davies at Cambridge, and a letter of October 1819 announcing he will never return to England. |
| Keywords | authors editing poetry publishing printing |
| People | Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) Murray, John II Hobhouse, John Cam (1st Baron Broughton) Kinnaird, Douglas Stewart, Robert (Viscount Castlereagh) Davies, Scrope Lamb, George |
| Places | Venice; Ravenna; Bologna; Italy |
| NLS Collection | Byron Papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.43490 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |