Lord Byron and the history of desire
By: Ian Dennis.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newark
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780874130669
Subjects: Byron, George Gordon Byron, -- Baron, -- 1788-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation; Byron, George Gordon Byron, -- Baron, -- 1788-1824 -- Characters; Desire in literature; Poetry -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new strategy : Childe Harold's pilgrimage; title: Victory and defeat in the Eastern tales; title: Heroic victimhood : "Prometheus" and "The prisoner of Chillon"; title: "I shall not choose a mortal for my mediator" : Manfred; title: Cain : Lord Byron's sincerity, with an addendum on Heaven and earth; title: The market in Don Juan, with a digression on joking and sex; title: Don Juan : modeling irony, offering alliance; title: Conclusion : Lord Byron and the history of desire.