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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 41
Page 18
... doctrine of election is an exception to such a generalization . And it may well be the message incarnate in a story about a man who wins God's grace while all those around him are doomed , which leads Byron in the direction of the ...
... doctrine of election is an exception to such a generalization . And it may well be the message incarnate in a story about a man who wins God's grace while all those around him are doomed , which leads Byron in the direction of the ...
Page 119
... doctrine of the elect or , more specifically , Byron's attempt to understand the doctrine of the elect , is based on the Genesis record , and supplemented by allusions to other scriptural passages that help to develop that theme and the ...
... doctrine of the elect or , more specifically , Byron's attempt to understand the doctrine of the elect , is based on the Genesis record , and supplemented by allusions to other scriptural passages that help to develop that theme and the ...
Page 186
... Doctrine : authority of , 89 ; biblical , 17 ; characters associated with , 121 ; differently reflected in different works , 20 ; of disobedience and punishment , 85 ; Milton reasserts biblical , 94 ; reversal of , 79. See also Elect ...
... Doctrine : authority of , 89 ; biblical , 17 ; characters associated with , 121 ; differently reflected in different works , 20 ; of disobedience and punishment , 85 ; Milton reasserts biblical , 94 ; reversal of , 79. See also Elect ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Byrons Cain as Sacred Executioner | 25 |
Between History and Theology | 39 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abel story Adam and Eve Adam's Aholibamah allusions Anah angels Bayle Bayle's Dictionary becomes Bible biblical Byron's Cain Byron's Lapse Byron's Poetry Byronic Hero Cain and Abel Cain story Cain's Cambridge canto character Chicago Childe Harold Christian context Critical divine doctrine Don Juan Don Juan tradition drama echoes edited episode eternal feeling Genesis Greek guilt Haidee Harvard University Press Heaven and Earth Hebraic hell Hellenic hero Hirst human immanence ironist Japhet John Juan's Keats-Shelley Journal Kenite Kierkegaard literary London Lord Byron Lucifer Lucifer's Manfred Manfred's Marchand McGann metaphor metonymy Milton's modern moral murderer Mystery myth Noah Old Testament Paradise Lost Pierre Bayle play poem poet poet's poetic Pope Joan Princeton punishment Ray Stevens readers reference religion religious Romantic Irony Romantic Poetry Romanticism sacred executioner sacrifice salvation scriptural secular sense sexual skepticism spirit stanza theodicy theological things Thorslev thou vision vols words York
References to this book
"And trace it in this poem every line": Methoden und Verfahren ... Thomas Rommel Limited preview - 1995 |