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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It is his “ fatality to live ” —but not to live either as simple creature or as pure spirit . Manfred , Hamletlike at this point , identifies the fatal blend of “ low wants and lofty will ” as the universal human condition : Beautiful !
Japhet seeks Anah at a cavern in the Caucasus as a chorus of malevolent spirits , rejoicing at the coming destruction , mock him , “ remnant of Seth's seed ” destined to live while the whole race ...
... I live and die unheard , With a most voiceless thought , sheathing it as a sword . ( 2 : 112 ) Conditional clause on conditional clause , nouns in sequence , verbs compounded , seven lines of verse until the logical and grammatical ...