📜 Hero Dust: Byron's Napoleonic Dramatis Personae

Name: 📜 Hero Dust: Byron's Napoleonic Dramatis Personae
Start: 2026-07-02T17:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-02T19:00:00.000Z
Location: Keats House

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Keats House

London NW3 2RR

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6.30pm to 8pm

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With Napoleon's abdication in 1814, the man Byron had idolized since his youth meets an inglorious end, and with him, Byron's hopes for a new age. In 'Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte' (1814), Byron summons a cast of characters from history, mythology, fact and fable, searching for some counterpart for Napoleon who can 'dazzle and dismay', and represent both the best and worst of humanity. In a final twist, however, less than a year since the Ode, Napoleon escapes from exile in a sensational return to power. As he looms over Europe again, how will Byron's characterizations hold up? Join Toby Lucas, from Durham University, to find out more. This event is a partnership between Keats House and the Byron Society.

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