Byron and His FictionsWayne State University Press, 1978 - 296 pages |
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... story with- out the interruption of random commentary is a sophisticated in- stance of Romantic spontaneity , but the digressions also serve a pro- found psychological function . The cosmopolitan comparisons of Eng- lish and Italian ...
... story with- out the interruption of random commentary is a sophisticated in- stance of Romantic spontaneity , but the digressions also serve a pro- found psychological function . The cosmopolitan comparisons of Eng- lish and Italian ...
Page 207
... story . Nowhere is Byron's free raiding of the past more apparent than in the description of the siege of Ismail in Cantos VII and VIII . In a note to English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Byron observed that " as the Odys- sey is so ...
... story . Nowhere is Byron's free raiding of the past more apparent than in the description of the siege of Ismail in Cantos VII and VIII . In a note to English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Byron observed that " as the Odys- sey is so ...
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... story . For stanza after stanza he aban- dons Juan to pursue his own interests , yet in regard to the story he often claims that he would rather have had matters otherwise but cannot deviate from the facts . This fixity corresponds with ...
... story . For stanza after stanza he aban- dons Juan to pursue his own interests , yet in regard to the story he often claims that he would rather have had matters otherwise but cannot deviate from the facts . This fixity corresponds with ...
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action allusion already appears attempt Augusta authority becomes Byron Cain called Canto cause character Childe Harold close consciousness continues contrast death described desire Doge Don Juan drama early effect English experience expressed Faliero fall father fears feelings fictions figure final force gives Haidée heart hero hope human imagination Italy Juan's language later less lines look Lord lost Manfred Manfred's marks maternal meaning memory mind mother narrator nature never object once passion past pattern perhaps play poem poet Poetry position present Press psychological reader reality reflects relationship remains representative reveals role Sardanapalus scene seems sense sexual shows situation stanza story suggests thee thing thou thought throughout tion true turn Ulric Univ Werner wish woman women