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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... reference to looking back and the reference to the torrid heat of the place they are leaving make the linkage even firmer . But the main point is that this is a rescue operation , not an expulsion ! Lot is being saved for the future and ...
... reference to looking back and the reference to the torrid heat of the place they are leaving make the linkage even firmer . But the main point is that this is a rescue operation , not an expulsion ! Lot is being saved for the future and ...
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... references , and allusions are highly original and often what Travis Looper's compendium classifies as " parodic , " 1 ... reference are subordinated to Byronic themes . Byron usually imposes a new meaning on biblical images , personages ...
... references , and allusions are highly original and often what Travis Looper's compendium classifies as " parodic , " 1 ... reference are subordinated to Byronic themes . Byron usually imposes a new meaning on biblical images , personages ...
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... reference does not constrict itself to the nature of spiritual topoi in Byron , however , but is also manifest in his thinking about reference in general and about language , to which he also works to credit a primal religious force ...
... reference does not constrict itself to the nature of spiritual topoi in Byron , however , but is also manifest in his thinking about reference in general and about language , to which he also works to credit a primal religious force ...
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 |