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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... course due to the fact that for Milton's hero this is the beginning of a new life , almost , one may say , a salvation event . We are made to feel even more strongly here than in other parts of the poem that Adam's sin was a felix culpa ...
... course due to the fact that for Milton's hero this is the beginning of a new life , almost , one may say , a salvation event . We are made to feel even more strongly here than in other parts of the poem that Adam's sin was a felix culpa ...
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... course thought of as an accomplice to the biggest human sacrifice of all - viz . , the Crucifixion - but he is also for these poets of the Romantic period a figure of hope and salvation . He wears a sign as does Cain , sometimes thought ...
... course thought of as an accomplice to the biggest human sacrifice of all - viz . , the Crucifixion - but he is also for these poets of the Romantic period a figure of hope and salvation . He wears a sign as does Cain , sometimes thought ...
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... course comprises an extenuation of the crime : unlike the premeditated act of the forewarned murderer of Genesis , the fratricide committed by Byron's ennobled protagonist results from something like temporary insanity . One can imagine ...
... course comprises an extenuation of the crime : unlike the premeditated act of the forewarned murderer of Genesis , the fratricide committed by Byron's ennobled protagonist results from something like temporary insanity . One can imagine ...
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 |