Byron and the best of poets. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Nicholas Gayle.
• Authors: Gayle, Nicholas
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on the Texts; Abbreviations; Chapter I; 1. Bastard pelicans and a God; 2. "One truth is clear&#x;"; 3. A maudlin prince; 4. The Christianity of poetry; 5. "I take him on his strong ground&#x;"; 6. Citizens and strangers; Chapter II; 1. A butterfly on the wheel; 2. Antitheses; 3. Enjambment; 4. Caesurae and rhythm; 5. The narrator at work; 6. Becoming inconsequential; 7. Pitholeon and Raucocanti speak; Chapter III; 1. Eloisa and her shadow; 2. The solitary star; 3. "For thee, my own sweet sister"; 4. "My breast has been all weakness"; Chapter IV 1. Taxonomy2. Tears and partings; 3. In a real pet; 4. Metamorphosis; 5. Coquettes and prudes; Chapter V; 1. Centipedes in saffron mail; 2. Variegated tulips; 3. Blue wits; 4. Frolic jades; 5. Vulgar tempests; Chapter VI; 1. Doppelgänger; 2. The poetry of attrition; 3. "Atticus" and "Villainton"; 4. The 'thing of Silk" and the "Intellectual Eunuch"; Chapter VII; 1. Alien corn; 2. Sequestered scenes; 3. Redemption; Chapter VIII; 1. The two Horaces; 2. Serving in place of a whetstone; 3. "Above the reach of vulgar song"; 4. Coda: difficile est proprie communia dicere; Epilogue; 1. Aristomenes 2. EnvoiNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 295 pages)
• Subjects: 821.7; Literature & literary studies; POETRY / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443898270; 1443898279
• Related ISBNs: 1443895369; 9781443895361
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.