Byron among the classics : a study of the influence of classical poetry on the work of lord Byron

This study begins by defining epic to determine if Byron's claims, regarding Don Juan,to be writing an epic, are justified, concluding that though most epics preserve the form ofearlier epics, substituting a different "message" or heroic ethos, Byron, in defiance of thistradition, att...

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Main Author: Barbour, John Francis
Published: Durham University 1994
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359003