Lord Byron's religion : a journey into despair
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Lord Byron's religion : a journey into despair
(Mellen studies in literature, Romantic reassessment ; v. 160)
Edwin Mellen Press, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Using Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, his letters and memoirs, and his biography, this work shows that he was a man haunted and even tormented by his perverse and convoluted relationship with God - a relationship formed during a dysfunctional childhood.
Table of Contents
- Calvinism set its "mark" upon Byron - introduction to Calvinism, Byron's mother, Agnes Gray, Byron's teachers and preachers
- Byron's inheritance - the dread legacy of Cain - on the biblical figure of Cain, relationship between Byron and Cain, "Cain - a Mystery", Calvinist influence on "Cain - a Mystery"
- Byron's unrepentant anger - the inspiration for a pilgrimage - "Manfred", "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", the "unknightly" knight and the unrepentant pilgrim
- Byron's exile - a journey into despair - stoicism, existentialism.
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