a given name, often referring to Lord Byron, the Romantic poet
from Old English 'at the cow sheds'
Byron brings to mind brooding poets writing passionate verses by candlelight!
Lord Byron dominated Romantic literary canon; his contemporary Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley, and other women writers were canonically sidelined despite equal or greater innovation.
When teaching Romanticism, pair Byron with female Romantic poets (Keats' peer sister, Hemans, Landon) to restore literary history.
Women Romantic poets (Felicia Hemans, Letitia Landon) rivaled Byron in popularity during their lifetimes but were erased by 20th-century canon formation.
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