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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Manuscripts of Byron's "Bride of Abydos" canto I, "Lament of Tasso" and first draft of "Werner", with an article on "Werner" by Frederick Leveson Gower |
| Date | 11 Nov 1813 - 19 Apr 1819; 5 Jun 1909; Feb 1914 |
| Document Type | Draft |
| Author | Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron); Gower, Frederick Leveson |
| Theme | Literature and Poetry |
| Description | The manuscripts by Byron are dated between 1813 and 1815. The article by Gower (1899) alleges that "Werner" was not written by Byron but rather Gower's grandmother, the Duchess of Devonshire. Also included is an errata slip copied from the first edition of Byron's "Bride of Abydos", two letters concerning the nature of the slip from Leonard L. Mackall to John Murray IV (1914), and a page from "Notes & Queries" discussing the slip by N Herz (5 June 1909). |
| Keywords | authors draft editing poetry publishing reviews and literary criticism |
| People | Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) Gower, Frederick Leveson Vassall-Fox, Henry Richard (3rd Baron Holland) Murray, John IV Mackall, Leonard L Herz, N |
| Places | London; United Kingdom; Germany |
| NLS Collection | Byron Papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.43323 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |