Search Results
-
Manfred
by Lord ByronManfred, a Faustian noble, is tortured by guilt over the death of his beloved, Astarte. He uses his mastery of language and spell-casting to summon seven spirits, from whom he seeks forgetfulness. The spirits are unable to control the past and thus cannot grant Manfred's plea.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Don Juan
by Lord ByronDon Juan is a long, digressive satiric poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but someone easily seduced by women. It is a variation on the epic form. Unlike the more tortured early romantic works by Byron, exemplified by Childe ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol 3 (Classics To Go)
by Lord ByronThis is the third volume of seven THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol 3. The present volume contains the six metrical tales which were composed within the years 1812 and 1815, the Hebrew Melodies, and the minor poems of 1809-1816. With the exception of the first fifteen poems (1809-1811)—Chansons... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1815 -
The Geneva Papers
A collection containing Fragment Of A Chost Story by Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Vampyre by John William Polidori, Fragment of a Novel by Lord Byron, and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose
by Lord Byron • Donald A. LowDonald Low's collection contains Byron's most subversive, spirited and playful poetry as well as his outspoken prose. With helpful and informative annotation and a full bibliography this is an essential study aid for students.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
One Stormy Night: A Story Challenge that Created the Gothic Horror Genre
What happens when writers vacation together … And challenge each other to write ghost stories? On a stormy night in 1816, the writers Mary Shelley, John William Polidori, and Lord Byron undertook a challenge that would change history and create the gothic genre. The result is three chilling tales of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The Romantic Poets (Wordsworth Classics)
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge • John Keats • William Blake • William Wordsworth • Percy Bysshe Shelley • George Gordon • Lord ByronRomanticism gained traction in the late 1700s as writers moved away from the intellectualism of the Enlightenment and toward more emotional and natural themes. The major works of the movement’s five most famous poets--William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Cole... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Lord Byron
A selection of poetry by Lord Byron, a poet considered amongst the most treasured and influential in English literature.The poet George Gordon Byron, commonly known as Lord Byron, was a leading figure of the Romantic movement in England and one of the most influential writers of verse in English lit... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
Byron: Poems
To the nineteenth-century reader, George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824), was the archetype of the Romantic literary hero, a figure admired and emulated as much for the revolutionary panache with which he lived his life as the brio and allure of his verse. Our century has seen him more clearly as a p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1994 -
I (Still) Believe: Leading Bible Scholars Share Their Stories of Faith and Scholarship
by Joel N. Lohr • John ByronI (Still) Believe explores the all-important question of whether serious academic study of the Bible is threatening to one’s faith. Far from it—faith enhances study of the Bible and, reciprocally, such study enriches a person’s faith. With this in mind, this book asks prominent Bible teachers and s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015