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... reader follows Juan's adventures forward he must at the same time move backward to reconsider what he has already seen , and through it Byron manipu- lates our responses in time as he manipulates history and his own past . The first ...
... reader follows Juan's adventures forward he must at the same time move backward to reconsider what he has already seen , and through it Byron manipu- lates our responses in time as he manipulates history and his own past . The first ...
Page 222
... reader's experience in these cantos is paradigmatic of his experience in Don Juan . Byron juxtaposes Juan's affairs with Julia and Haidée and asks the reader to determine their relationship . As in life subsequent discoveries alter our ...
... reader's experience in these cantos is paradigmatic of his experience in Don Juan . Byron juxtaposes Juan's affairs with Julia and Haidée and asks the reader to determine their relationship . As in life subsequent discoveries alter our ...
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... reader's fancy does the rest " ( VI , 98 ) . Byron reiterates that understanding requires alert co - operation from the reader , not passive absorption of the printed page : Oh , reader ! if that thou canst read , —and know , ' T is not ...
... reader's fancy does the rest " ( VI , 98 ) . Byron reiterates that understanding requires alert co - operation from the reader , not passive absorption of the printed page : Oh , reader ! if that thou canst read , —and know , ' T is not ...
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action allusion already appears attempt Augusta authority becomes Byron Cain called Canto cause character Childe Harold close consciousness continues contrast death described desire Doge Don Juan drama early effect English experience expressed Faliero fall father fears feelings fictions figure final force gives Haidée heart hero hope human imagination Italy Juan's language later less lines look Lord lost Manfred Manfred's marks maternal meaning memory mind mother narrator nature never object once passion past pattern perhaps play poem poet Poetry position present Press psychological reader reality reflects relationship remains representative reveals role Sardanapalus scene seems sense sexual shows situation stanza story suggests thee thing thou thought throughout tion true turn Ulric Univ Werner wish woman women