Now that weve gone over the Romantics, go back to Persuasion and the discussion between Anne and Captain Benwick about Lord Byron. (The heart of the discussion is brought up on pages 67-8, but there are also mentions on page 72 and 111 in the Norton version I gave you.) Does their discussion of literary taste reveal more about each characters temperament now that you have greater context? What also does their conversation illustrate about the conflicting viewpoints of the time? Remember that Austen wrote the novel during the time of Byrons first instant success.
