Byron: His Achievement and SignificanceGrian-Aig Press, 1976 - 120 pages |
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... reflections and attitudes that , in contrast to nearly all his contemporaries , Byron is so refreshingly modern - which is one reason why he is being rediscovered . His scepticism and satire do not date : they are for our own age and ...
... reflections and attitudes that , in contrast to nearly all his contemporaries , Byron is so refreshingly modern - which is one reason why he is being rediscovered . His scepticism and satire do not date : they are for our own age and ...
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... reflections on the vicissitudes of life , there is a remarkable anticipation of the character of the older D'Artagnan , even to the oath ' S'death , with a page ! ' ... This lovable human figure , a vignette of characterisation , is a ...
... reflections on the vicissitudes of life , there is a remarkable anticipation of the character of the older D'Artagnan , even to the oath ' S'death , with a page ! ' ... This lovable human figure , a vignette of characterisation , is a ...
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... reflections , comments that make them so character- istically Byronic in the new sense of the word , give them their pungency . Here , the ' anecdote ' itself takes up some twenty stanzas as against the seventy - odd rest . Not until ...
... reflections , comments that make them so character- istically Byronic in the new sense of the word , give them their pungency . Here , the ' anecdote ' itself takes up some twenty stanzas as against the seventy - odd rest . Not until ...
Contents
Hours of Idleness | 1 |
The Satirist in Embryo | 7 |
After Childe Harold | 17 |
Copyright | |
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