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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... Tradition in English Poetry ( 1937 ; reprint , New York : Norton , 1969 ) , p . vii and passim . Byron's struggle with tradition is discussed by Frederick W. Shilstone , Byron and the Myth of Tradition ( Lincoln and London : University ...
... Tradition in English Poetry ( 1937 ; reprint , New York : Norton , 1969 ) , p . vii and passim . Byron's struggle with tradition is discussed by Frederick W. Shilstone , Byron and the Myth of Tradition ( Lincoln and London : University ...
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... tradition - the Don Juan tradition of Europe , whose most significant contributors , by Byron's time , were the Spanish monk Tirso de Molina , who seems to have originated the tradition in about 1630 and whose version of the Don Juan ...
... tradition - the Don Juan tradition of Europe , whose most significant contributors , by Byron's time , were the Spanish monk Tirso de Molina , who seems to have originated the tradition in about 1630 and whose version of the Don Juan ...
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... tradition , nor with his explanations of the need to update and adapt that tradition to fit with the realities of modern life . But for Shaw to miss the fact that every one of his suggested adaptations of the tradition is given first in ...
... tradition , nor with his explanations of the need to update and adapt that tradition to fit with the realities of modern life . But for Shaw to miss the fact that every one of his suggested adaptations of the tradition is given first in ...
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 |