What Makes Lord Byron Go? Strong Determinations-Public/Private-of Imperial Errancy

Gonsalves attempts to situate Lord Byron's writing of deterritorialization within the historical conjuncture that overdetermines its emergence, hence his reference to private/public overdeterminations. By private, he means the singular and traumatic, contingent, and coincidental materiality of...

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Published in:Studies in romanticism 2002-04, Vol.41 (1), p.33-64
Main Author: Gonsalves, Joshua David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British & Irish literature
Byron, George Gordon (Lord) (1788-1824)
Capitalism
Cryptography
English literature
History
Inventions
Literary criticism
Oratory
Poetry
Political rhetoric
Rhetorical invention
Semiotic signs
Stereotypes
Writers
Writing
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Summary:Gonsalves attempts to situate Lord Byron's writing of deterritorialization within the historical conjuncture that overdetermines its emergence, hence his reference to private/public overdeterminations. By private, he means the singular and traumatic, contingent, and coincidental materiality of the signifier that makes Lord Byron unique; by public, he intends the publishing process that transfigured Byron into a stereotypical signified public consumption.
ISSN:0039-3762
2330-118X
DOI:10.2307/25601543