The Multi-man Genre and Poe's ByronsEdwin Mellen Press Limited, 1987 - 140 pages This work contends that Poe's use of Byron as antagonist was an example of the fragmentation of character - using reflections of Byron as seen by himself, by Poe, by his adulators and defamers - for literary effect. |
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Page 122
... Lalage is his Madeline . Interrupting his conversation with Baldazzar , he exclaims : " It is a phantom voice ! / Didst thou not hear it then ' ( vi.25-26 ) The ' phantom , ' which is at first in- audible to Baldazzar , as Madeline's ...
... Lalage is his Madeline . Interrupting his conversation with Baldazzar , he exclaims : " It is a phantom voice ! / Didst thou not hear it then ' ( vi.25-26 ) The ' phantom , ' which is at first in- audible to Baldazzar , as Madeline's ...
Page 125
... Lalage is the loser in this battle of wit ; Castiglione will desert her for Alessandra . --When it is Politian's ... Lalage , Politian is just as final : Lalage . His choice made , Castiglione has to live with it . And that proves as ...
... Lalage is the loser in this battle of wit ; Castiglione will desert her for Alessandra . --When it is Politian's ... Lalage , Politian is just as final : Lalage . His choice made , Castiglione has to live with it . And that proves as ...
Page 128
... Lalage and her avaricious maid , a representative of the world to which Castiglione chooses to conform . In these ex- changes , Lalage appears as the superior , more idealistic and good- natured person . When the maid exits , Lalage ...
... Lalage and her avaricious maid , a representative of the world to which Castiglione chooses to conform . In these ex- changes , Lalage appears as the superior , more idealistic and good- natured person . When the maid exits , Lalage ...
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