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Byron and the best of poets /

Byron was a man of many passions, always fiercely held and defended, but his intense devotion to the poetry of Alexander Pope seemed to characterise a man standing a little to the left of the Romantic universe. While Pope largely left a taste of dust in the mouths of the Romantics, Byron continued t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gayle, Nicholas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on the Texts; Abbreviations; Chapter I; 1. Bastard pelicans and a God; 2. "One truth is clear ... "; 3. A maudlin prince; 4. The Christianity of poetry; 5. "I take him on his strong ground ... "; 6. Citizens and strangers; Chapter II; 1. A butterfly on the wheel; 2. Antitheses; 3. Enjambment; 4. Caesurae and rhythm; 5. The narrator at work; 6. Becoming inconsequential; 7. Pitholeon and Raucocanti speak; Chapter III; 1. Eloisa and her shadow; 2. The solitary star; 3. "For thee, my own sweet sister"; 4. "My breast has been all weakness"; Chapter IV
  • 1. Taxonomy2. Tears and partings; 3. In a real pet; 4. Metamorphosis; 5. Coquettes and prudes; Chapter V; 1. Centipedes in saffron mail; 2. Variegated tulips; 3. Blue wits; 4. Frolic jades; 5. Vulgar tempests; Chapter VI; 1. Doppelgänger; 2. The poetry of attrition; 3. "Atticus" and "Villainton"; 4. The 'thing of Silk" and the "Intellectual Eunuch"; Chapter VII; 1. Alien corn; 2. Sequestered scenes; 3. Redemption; Chapter VIII; 1. The two Horaces; 2. Serving in place of a whetstone; 3. "Above the reach of vulgar song"; 4. Coda: difficile est proprie communia dicere; Epilogue; 1. Aristomenes
  • 2. EnvoiNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index