Lord ByronSeries 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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Byron's Ravenna Journal of January and February 1821 discloses his first thoughts of writing a tragedy with Adam and Eve's firstborn as its protagonist : “ Cain , a metaphysical subject , something in the style of Manfred , but in five ...
But in spite of these explanatory and conciliatory gestures , Cain is in fact a provocative work , as was recognized prior to its publication by both the right - wing Murray and the left - wing Hobhouse , with both of whom Byron ...
Cain signals his sympathies by leaving with the tempting spirit rather than staying with the loving woman . If the Old Testament ethos laid down by Jehovah dominates Cain's first and final acts , Lucifer presides over what Edward ...