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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Byron never wore Japanese ceremonial garb to a Holland House rout , a dandies ' ball , or a Venetian carnival revel . His a personal and poetic fame did not penetrate the closed world ix Preface.
Thanks to the editorial labors of Marchand and McGann , critics are able as never before to ground Byron's works in his life and times and to take account of particular circumstances of composition , publication , and reception .
Byron's poetic peace offering to Jeffrey , whom he had never met , appears in Don Juan : > > Here's a health to " Auld Lang Syne ! " I do not know you , and may never know Your face — but you have acted on the whole Most nobly , and I ...