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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... begins sketching it in chiaroscuro , just as he continues to envelop every character and scene in the " shades " of " dark " ( 397 ) throughout the tale . Melancholy is part of his effect , too , but it is muted in the story ; as a word ...
... begins sketching it in chiaroscuro , just as he continues to envelop every character and scene in the " shades " of " dark " ( 397 ) throughout the tale . Melancholy is part of his effect , too , but it is muted in the story ; as a word ...
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... begins with a quotation about angels , just as " The Haunted Palace " begins by declaring that the valley in which the palace lies is ' by good angels tenanted . ' Cited first in French , the quotation runs in Poe's translation : " The ...
... begins with a quotation about angels , just as " The Haunted Palace " begins by declaring that the valley in which the palace lies is ' by good angels tenanted . ' Cited first in French , the quotation runs in Poe's translation : " The ...
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... begins : " The body of Lord B. to be buried in the vault of the garden of Newstead , without any ceremony or burial- service whatever , or any inscription , save his name and age . " Byron had himself ordered the vault to be built ...
... begins : " The body of Lord B. to be buried in the vault of the garden of Newstead , without any ceremony or burial- service whatever , or any inscription , save his name and age . " Byron had himself ordered the vault to be built ...
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