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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... parallel between Byron's Newstead poems and Poe's tale lies merely in a similar- ity of pictorial elements , a final word from Blackstone may dispel that notion . The poems evoke a very strong THE MULTI - MAN GENRE S.
... parallel between Byron's Newstead poems and Poe's tale lies merely in a similar- ity of pictorial elements , a final word from Blackstone may dispel that notion . The poems evoke a very strong THE MULTI - MAN GENRE S.
Page 99
... final comment one can take leave of Poe's account of life at Eton . He speaks of the " vortex of thoughtless folly " ( 438 ) into which William Wilson plunged . ' Vortex ' is Byron's word . Apart from being familiar with it from Byron's ...
... final comment one can take leave of Poe's account of life at Eton . He speaks of the " vortex of thoughtless folly " ( 438 ) into which William Wilson plunged . ' Vortex ' is Byron's word . Apart from being familiar with it from Byron's ...
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... final defiant speech ( III.iv ) to the Demons . The distillate of Byronism , it makes nonsense of any ending to Politian based on the principles of crime and punishment exhibited in the " Kentucky -Tragedy . " Must crimes be punished ...
... final defiant speech ( III.iv ) to the Demons . The distillate of Byronism , it makes nonsense of any ending to Politian based on the principles of crime and punishment exhibited in the " Kentucky -Tragedy . " Must crimes be punished ...
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