Lord Byron's Scandals and Contemporary Cancel Culture

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dc.contributor.authorJorge, Kathleen Anneen
dc.contributor.committeechairCleland, Katharineen
dc.contributor.committeememberRadcliffe, David H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGraham, Peter W.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-29T08:00:15Zen
dc.date.available2023-09-29T08:00:15Zen
dc.date.issued2023-09-28en
dc.description.abstractThe following is a case study in contemporary cancel culture through three cases of it in the nineteenth century. Lord Byron, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Harriet Beecher Stowe serve as three prominent cases of cancel culture in their time period that are all closely linked to one another. Cancel culture changes the way that we study these figures and their writing in the modern day. This shows that although we believe that cancel culture is a new phenomenon with the rise of social media that is not the case. Cancel culture has been happening through time as a way for the public to enact social justice without getting the court involved. Cancel culture is a lesson in the public court of opinion.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralThe following is a case study in contemporary cancel culture through three cases of it in the nineteenth century. Writers, Lord Byron, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Harriet Beecher Stowe serve as three prominent cases of cancel culture in their time period that are all closely linked to one another. Cancel culture changes the way that we study these figures and their writing in the modern day. It highlights how cancel culture is not as black and white as people initially believe while also showing an unbiased explanation of what transpires when a person is canceled. This shows that although we believe that cancel culture is a new phenomenon with the rise of social media that is not the case. Cancel culture has been happening through time as a way for the public to enact social justice without getting the court involved. Cancel culture is a lesson in the public court of opinion.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:38442en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/116369en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectLord Byronen
dc.subjectBritish Romanticismen
dc.subjectNineteenth Centuryen
dc.subjectLady Caroline Lamben
dc.subjectHarriet Beecher Stoween
dc.subjectCancel Cultureen
dc.titleLord Byron's Scandals and Contemporary Cancel Cultureen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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