ByronAfter Shakespeare the most famous British author in Europe, in Britain Byron was for years either neglected, or a victim of the myth of his own personality. Now he is read and studied both for his complex politics and as a forerunner of many of the ideas and techniques more usually associated with post-modernism. Bone tackles the critical problems both of the populism of much of Byron's early work, and conversely of the sophisticated comedy of Beppo, Don Juan and The Vision of Judgement. He argues that for all its contradictoriness Byron's poetic mind develops organically, and that the scintillating technique of the late works grow out of the profoundly modern world-view, relativistic and secular, which had developed through his early years. Byron's writing are seen as a vital area for post-ideological and new found criticism. |
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... involved in possibly dangerous situations . It also underlines both the exposure to extreme situations , and the liberating effect these had on the poet . In many ways constrained by decorum over petty matters in Britain , he felt free ...
... involvement in Italian politics we save until chapter 9 . - He met Teresa Guiccioli in Venice in the spring of 1819 ( they had actually been briefly introduced the year before ) , and remained involved with her until his departure for ...
... involvement in politics in Italy and in Greece is easier to evaluate . In both places there was a preliminary task to be done , the morality of which was simple - the removal of an occupying power . Only when he became involved in the ...
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Romanticism and Religion from William Cowper to Wallace Stevens Gavin Hopps,Jane Stabler Limited preview - 2006 |