Lord ByronTwayne Publishers, 1998 - 189 sider Series Editors: Kinley E. Roby, Northeastern University; Herbert Sussman, Northeastern University; Joseph Bartolomeo, University of Massachusetts; George Economou, University of Oklahoma; Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts. TWAYNES UNITED STATES AUTHORS, ENGLISH AUTHORS, and WORLD AUTHORS Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading the Authors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives. Each volume features: a critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works; a brief biography of the author; an accessible chronology outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of the author; aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography, and an index; and a readable style presented in a manageable length. |
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... Judgment portrays an earthly king stripped to spirit , pitiful George III waiting for admittance at the gates of heaven . Interestingly , neither poem employs Byron's usual satiric form , the Augustan couplets of Pope . The Irish Avatar ...
... Judgment by Quevedo Redivivus ' — I just piddle a little with these trifles to keep my hand in for the New ' English Bards & c . ' which I perceive some of your people are in want of " ( BLJ , 8 : 236–37 ) . Such self - belittling ...
... Judgment . Over time , the destruction succeeded so completely that most readers nowadays know Southey only as the asinine rhymester of Byron's attacks and read from Southey's voluminous corpus only the immortal quatrain that Byron ...