Letitia Elizabeth Landon Was A 'Female Byron,' A Celebrity Poet Who Mesmerized Her Public With Rumors by Artsjournal2

By the time of her early death, she had been the subject of many dark rumors, most of which she had initiated. But Landon was one of the first modern poets, who "explored the art of performative self-creation in the commercial press"an art fated to become a habit in the social-media age"and she was one […]

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