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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... lovers to a new life together in canto 4. They paddle to a black rock not far from the shore of Toobonai where , as the British approach , Neuha cries , " " Torquil , follow me , and fearless follow ! ' " ( CPW , 7:63 ) and dives ...
... lovers of Byron's tales , they return " [ t ] o Peace and Pleasure , perilously earned ; / A night succeeded by such happy days / As only the yet infant world displays " ( 7:74 ) . Though at first glance they might seem antithetical ...
... lovers ' “ nat- ural " refuge is a cave formed by the sea that wrecked the Trinidada and littered the picturesque coast with the remnants of similarly destroyed vessels . That same sea surrounds the island where the lovers fancy them ...