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''Picturing in me a hero of romance': The Legacy of Jane Eyre's Byronic Hero' (2007)
Book Chapter
Wootton, S. (2007). ''Picturing in me a hero of romance': The Legacy of Jane Eyre's Byronic Hero'. In M. Rubik, & E. Mettinger-Schartmann (Eds.), A breath of fresh Eyre : intertextual and intermedial reworkings of Jane Eyre (229-242). Rodopi

The Byronic in Austen's 'Persuasion' and 'Pride and prejudice' (2007)
Journal Article
Wootton, S. (2007). The Byronic in Austen's 'Persuasion' and 'Pride and prejudice'. Modern Language Review, 102(1), 26-39

Although Austen and Byron are often considered to be irreconcilable opposites, in this article I argue that Austen engaged closely with Byron's poetry and drew inspiration from some of his most popular poems. The first part of the article focuses on... Read More about The Byronic in Austen's 'Persuasion' and 'Pride and prejudice'.