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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... hand in hand with wandring steps and slow , Through Eden took thir solitarie way.2 ( Paradise Lost 12. 646-49 ) Not only is the language remarkably similar , but something of Milton's hopeful tone gets into Byron's play in spite of his ...
... hand in hand with wandring steps and slow , Through Eden took thir solitarie way.2 ( Paradise Lost 12. 646-49 ) Not only is the language remarkably similar , but something of Milton's hopeful tone gets into Byron's play in spite of his ...
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... hand in hand with wandring steps and slow , Through Eden took thir solitarie way can be heard the words of Psalm 107 in the King James Bible : They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in . ( Pss ...
... hand in hand with wandring steps and slow , Through Eden took thir solitarie way can be heard the words of Psalm 107 in the King James Bible : They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in . ( Pss ...
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... hand lead me , and thy right hand shall hold me .... Search me , O God , and know my heart : try me , and know my thoughts : And see if there be any wicked way in me , and lead me in the way everlasting . ( verses 9-10 , 23-24 ) It is ...
... hand lead me , and thy right hand shall hold me .... Search me , O God , and know my heart : try me , and know my thoughts : And see if there be any wicked way in me , and lead me in the way everlasting . ( verses 9-10 , 23-24 ) It is ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Byrons Cain as Sacred Executioner | 25 |
Between History and Theology | 39 |
Copyright | |
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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
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"And trace it in this poem every line": Methoden und Verfahren ... Thomas Rommel Limited preview - 1995 |