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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... hand the responsibility to be speculative has not been shunned , because only with its aid can Poe's most valuable property , his novel creativity , be assessed . On the other hand , the speculation is confined to what certainly seems ...
... hand the responsibility to be speculative has not been shunned , because only with its aid can Poe's most valuable property , his novel creativity , be assessed . On the other hand , the speculation is confined to what certainly seems ...
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... hand , the raptures of the poet in his youth giving way to desolate years of regret , during which " the image of Mary Chaworth , as he saw and loved her in the days of his boyhood , " ( NA185 ) followed him into exile and " survived ...
... hand , the raptures of the poet in his youth giving way to desolate years of regret , during which " the image of Mary Chaworth , as he saw and loved her in the days of his boyhood , " ( NA185 ) followed him into exile and " survived ...
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... hand , with the Demons , on the other hand , with the Abbot , but the chief battle rages within himself . Manfred also demonstrates how to use death to end a play without ending the conflict it is about . Poe does the same thing in ...
... hand , with the Demons , on the other hand , with the Abbot , but the chief battle rages within himself . Manfred also demonstrates how to use death to end a play without ending the conflict it is about . Poe does the same thing in ...
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