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1 online resource (462 pages) |
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Byron's prophecy of dante and its form, terza rimapapers on french themes; byron and chateaubriandinterpret spain; byron, d'herbelot, and oriental culture; chateaubriand and byron; " politics and ferocity "; papers on spanish themes; byron's romantic adventures in spain; religion and the supernaturalin tirso de molina's el burladorand byron's don juan; quevedo; two papers on greek themes; 'monuments of mortal birth'; when epic juan meets donna joan; bibliography; index |
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Notes on contributors; abbreviations; introduction; more on juvenal; juvenalian satire and byron; more on martial; byron the epigrammatist; papers on international themes; the je ne sais quoi of byron's poetry; literary allusion in byron's writingof the mediterranean tour (1809-1811); childish ways; from byron's giaour to bizet's carmen, via pushkin and merimée; papers on italian themes; 'forgive my folly'; byron's the lament of tassoand the mannerism of madness; orlando, juan, and the ottava rima ridein pursuit of narrative bliss; byron and casti; the 'giant affair'; faliero's wife |
| Summary |
Byron and Latin Culture consists of twenty-three papers, most of which were given at the 37th International Byron Conference at Valladolid, Spain, in July 2011. An introduction by the editor describes in detail the huge influence which the major Latin poets had on Byron: his borrowings, imitations, parodies, and echoes have never been catalogued in such detail, and it becomes clear that many ideas central to Don Juan, in particular, derive from Ovid, Virgil, Petronius, Martial and the other .. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Knowledge -- Latin literature -- Congresses
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| SUBJECT |
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM.
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General.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Latin literature
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443864251 |
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1443864250 |
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1306992249 |
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9781306992244 |
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