Manfred
A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
Published on 7. April 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-55481-368-1 (ISBN)
Description
A quintessential depiction of the Byronic hero, Byron's poetic drama Manfred centers on the interior sufferings of its psychologically tortured title character, who is haunted by the death of his forbidden lover. A radically autonomous figure, Manfred rejects help from other human beings, refuses Christian absolution, and disdains dark supernatural entities far more powerful than he is. Despite (or perhaps in part also because of) scandalous associations between the work and Byron's own tumultuous personal life, it was a considerable success from the start-and soon became far more than merely successful; Manfred exerted a powerful shaping force on the Romantic sensibility for decades after Byron's death.
The Broadview Anthology of British Literature edition of Manfred is accompanied by a substantial selection of contextual materials including Byron's original draft of the play's conclusion; influences on the poem, such as Paradise Lost, Goethe's Faust, and Vathek; examples of the Byronic hero from the poet's other writings; a selection of contemporary reviews; and an excerpt from Man-Fred, a dramatic parody in which the protagonist is reimagined as a chimney-sweep.
The Broadview Anthology of British Literature edition of Manfred is accompanied by a substantial selection of contextual materials including Byron's original draft of the play's conclusion; influences on the poem, such as Paradise Lost, Goethe's Faust, and Vathek; examples of the Byronic hero from the poet's other writings; a selection of contemporary reviews; and an excerpt from Man-Fred, a dramatic parody in which the protagonist is reimagined as a chimney-sweep.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
5 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55481-368-1 (9781554813681)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Joseph Black, University of Massachusetts.
Leonard Conolly, Trent University.
Kate Flint, University of Southern California.
Isobel Grundy, University of Alberta.
Roy Liuzza, University of Tennessee.
Jerome McGann, University of Virginia.
Anne Prescott, Barnard College.
Barry Qualls, Rutgers University.
Claire Waters, University of Virginia.
Leonard Conolly, Trent University.
Kate Flint, University of Southern California.
Isobel Grundy, University of Alberta.
Roy Liuzza, University of Tennessee.
Jerome McGann, University of Virginia.
Anne Prescott, Barnard College.
Barry Qualls, Rutgers University.
Claire Waters, University of Virginia.
Content
- Introduction
- Manfred
- In Context
- Manfred's Original Third Act
- Literary Contexts
- from John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)
- from Anne Radcliffe, The Italian (1797)
- from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part One (1808)
- from Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother (1768)
- from William Beckford, Vathek (1786)
- Byron's Other Writings
- Selected Letters to Augusta Leigh
- from The Corsair: A Tale (1814)
- "Prometheus" (1816)
- from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the Third (1816)
- Responses to Manfred
- Contemporary English reviews from The British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review (July 1817)
- from William Roberts, The British Review, and London Critical Journal (August 1817)
- from Francis Jeffrey, review of Manfred, The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal (August 1817)
- from anonymous review of Manfred, The Gentleman's Magazine (July 1817)
- from anonymous review of Manfred, The Lady's Monthly Museum (August 1817)
- from anonymous review of Manfred, The Literary Gazette (June 1817)
- from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, review of Manfred, Über Kunst und Altertum (1820, written 1817)
- from Man-Fred (1834)
- from Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody (1883-91)
- Manfred
- In Context
- Manfred's Original Third Act
- Literary Contexts
- from John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)
- from Anne Radcliffe, The Italian (1797)
- from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part One (1808)
- from Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother (1768)
- from William Beckford, Vathek (1786)
- Byron's Other Writings
- Selected Letters to Augusta Leigh
- from The Corsair: A Tale (1814)
- "Prometheus" (1816)
- from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the Third (1816)
- Responses to Manfred
- Contemporary English reviews from The British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review (July 1817)
- from William Roberts, The British Review, and London Critical Journal (August 1817)
- from Francis Jeffrey, review of Manfred, The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal (August 1817)
- from anonymous review of Manfred, The Gentleman's Magazine (July 1817)
- from anonymous review of Manfred, The Lady's Monthly Museum (August 1817)
- from anonymous review of Manfred, The Literary Gazette (June 1817)
- from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, review of Manfred, Über Kunst und Altertum (1820, written 1817)
- from Man-Fred (1834)
- from Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody (1883-91)