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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Page 59
... Perhaps there is no need to insist on Byron's interest in Pierre Bayle , whom he called " one of the best men , and perhaps the best critic that ever lived - the very martyr of impartiality . " 3 It was an interest widely shared in the ...
... Perhaps there is no need to insist on Byron's interest in Pierre Bayle , whom he called " one of the best men , and perhaps the best critic that ever lived - the very martyr of impartiality . " 3 It was an interest widely shared in the ...
Page 132
... Perhaps Byron adapted Psalm 139 when writing about death and destruction especially because both Cain and Heaven and Earth generally emphasize a wrathful God , and perhaps also because he had stated in the Preface to Cain that there ...
... Perhaps Byron adapted Psalm 139 when writing about death and destruction especially because both Cain and Heaven and Earth generally emphasize a wrathful God , and perhaps also because he had stated in the Preface to Cain that there ...
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... perhaps remembering that the founder of Christianity is described several times eating fish but never meat- or perhaps simply thinking of his own dietary habits - Byron follows this passage with a disquisition on the supposed warlike ...
... perhaps remembering that the founder of Christianity is described several times eating fish but never meat- or perhaps simply thinking of his own dietary habits - Byron follows this passage with a disquisition on the supposed warlike ...
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 |