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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There are many translations , imitations , and literary echoes : of Catullus , Anacreon , Virgil , Euripides , Tibullus , and Horace among the classical dead ; Gray , Macpherson , Chatterton , Pope , and others among the previous ...
Writing it enabled him to clarify and articulate his literary standards , and the relaxed Horatian style first allowed him the freedom to range widely and eclectically over topics ( Beaty , 59 ) . Hints from Horace earned him the ...
Byron's poem is literary , not political or theological . George III is not judged — Southey is . The sacred text invoked by Michael— “ Non Di , non homines , ” which translates as “ Neither gods nor men ( will stomach bad poetry ] ...