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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The Irish Avatar sarcastically presents a god incarnate , George IV on his state visit to abject Ireland , whereas The Vision of Judgment portrays an earthly king stripped to spirit , pitiful George III waiting for admittance at the ...
In the same letter sending Murray The Irish Avatar and asking him to choose between Bowles and Hemans as its putative author , Byron mentions his other pseudonymous satire of 1821 : “ By last post I sent the ' Vision of Judgment by ...
the satanic school's intemperate leader would be wiser to attack him in poetry ( where metrical rules would rein his temper in ) than in prose , Byron set out to destroy his opponent's credibility in The Vision of Judgment .