Byron: Wrath and RhymeAlan Norman Bold, Alan Bold Vision, 1983 - 216 pages Byron has been a notoriously difficult poet to place and the variety of the man is celebrated in this collection of essays, each of which illuminates and explores a crucial Byronic issue. Tom Scott discusses Byron as a Scottish poet; Walter Perrie investigates the Byronic philosophy, the composer Ronald Stevenson presents Byron as lyricist; J. Drummond Bone dwells on the idea of freedom in Byron; Jenni Calder writes on Byron and women; Edwin Morgan offers a piece entitled "Voice, Tone and Transition in Don Juan;" J. F. Hendry writes on Byron and the cult of personality; Geoffrey Carnall writes on Byron and role of the intellectual; and Philip Hobsbaum offers a study of Byron and the English tradition. |
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Page 105
... early upbringing was humble and democratic and he then embraced the new horizons of aristocracy He grew up at a time when the entrenched power and privilege of the landowning class was being challenged , when established values were ...
... early upbringing was humble and democratic and he then embraced the new horizons of aristocracy He grew up at a time when the entrenched power and privilege of the landowning class was being challenged , when established values were ...
Page 107
... early poem , and most writers will serve their apprenticeship by making use of accepted forms , and indeed there is no reason not to . Yet Byron's readiness to make use of the conventional is much more present than one might have ...
... early poem , and most writers will serve their apprenticeship by making use of accepted forms , and indeed there is no reason not to . Yet Byron's readiness to make use of the conventional is much more present than one might have ...
Page 154
... early fame can clearly be attributed to his rank . In the last days of the reign of George III a Peer of the Realm , as well as being a remote and romantic figure , might still exercise a degree of influence on the machinery of power ...
... early fame can clearly be attributed to his rank . In the last days of the reign of George III a Peer of the Realm , as well as being a remote and romantic figure , might still exercise a degree of influence on the machinery of power ...
Contents
Contents | 7 |
Byron as a Scottish Poet by Tom Scott | 17 |
Byron and the English Tradition | 37 |
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