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1 online resource (284 pages) |
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PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; DON JUAN; INEXTINGUISHABLE ENERGY; BYRON, MILTON, AND THE SATANIC HEROINE; BYRONIC FREE VERSE; 'BETWIXT LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE'; BYRON, WORDSWORTH, AND THE PLACE OF EPITAPH IN LYRIC POETRY; BYRON AND HIS WILL'O'TH' WISPS; BYRON, POPE, AND FEMININE ENDINGS; THE DREAM AND DARKNESS ON A PSYCHOANALYST'S COUCH; 'BUT WORDS ARE THINGS'; 'A BEING MORE INTENSE'; SONGS AND STANZAS, STANZAS AND SONGS; THE IMAGE OF GREECE IN CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE AND DON JUAN; CONGENIAL RIVER, GLASSY LAKE, DARK-HEAVING OCEAN; BYRON AND THE PARLOUR POETS |
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'TO TURN -- AND TO RETURN'PARODY BY INVERSION; THE PULL OF THE POETRY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Byron's dubious status as a sex object, and his even more dubious status as a political icon, serves to disguise the fact that he is one of the greatest of all English poets, Other a European reputation second only to Shakespeare. The fact that writers such as Goethe and Pushkin held him in the highest regard ensures that the English continue to despise him, and ignore his verse as much as possible. This book ignores his sexuality, his politics, and his iconography, and concentrates on his poe .. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 fast |
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Literary studies: poetry & poets.
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
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Poetry.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443839372 |
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144383937X |
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