Byron, the Bible, and Religion: Essays from the Twelfth International Byron SeminarWolf Z. Hirst This work consists of eight essays selected from papers given at the Twelfth International Byron Symposium. Much of Byron's poetry is examined, but the focus is on the Mysteries and Don Juan. The subjects include the Cain figure, Byron's skepticism, his attitude toward Christianity and religion in general, and his literary use of the Bible. |
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... Harold Fisch , for example , misses in Cain the closure typical of tragedy . 12. Stuart Curran , Poetic Form and British Romanticism ( New York and Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1986 ) , p . 196 . 13. Frederick L. Beaty , Byron the ...
... Harold Fisch , for example , misses in Cain the closure typical of tragedy . 12. Stuart Curran , Poetic Form and British Romanticism ( New York and Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1986 ) , p . 196 . 13. Frederick L. Beaty , Byron the ...
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... Harold remolds our conception of the reed image more than old associations of this image might possibly alter our view of Childe Harold . We may or may not accept Byron's reversal of biblical doctrine , but we cannot fail to absorb the ...
... Harold remolds our conception of the reed image more than old associations of this image might possibly alter our view of Childe Harold . We may or may not accept Byron's reversal of biblical doctrine , but we cannot fail to absorb the ...
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... Harold's " faded brow " ( Childe Harold 1. 83 ) leaves us with an unforgettable impression of the murderer from Genesis , yet this impression is counterbalanced and eventually absorbed by numerous other descriptions of the protagonist ...
... Harold's " faded brow " ( Childe Harold 1. 83 ) leaves us with an unforgettable impression of the murderer from Genesis , yet this impression is counterbalanced and eventually absorbed by numerous other descriptions of the protagonist ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Byrons Cain as Sacred Executioner | 25 |
Between History and Theology | 39 |
Copyright | |
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"And trace it in this poem every line": Methoden und Verfahren ... Thomas Rommel Limited preview - 1995 |