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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Even harsher words denounce King George's “ Sejanus , ” the AngloIrish peer and politician Castlereagh , foreign secretary since 1812 , who as chief secretary for Ireland ( 1799-1801 ) had secured the Irish Parliament's passage of the ...
Sardanapalus identifies as his polar opposite , a man “ hard but as lofty as the rock ” in contrast with the king's " softer clay , impregnated with flowers ” ( CPW , 6:65 ) . Two very different but equally dignified women vie for ...
“ I go forth to be recognized , ” says Sardanapalus , who though no warrior in the past instantly knows how a king should conduct himself in battle ( 6:74 ) . The dandy - hero's ornamental fillet ends up bandaging his arm , wounded in ...