Manfred: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

Synopsis

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.-- Machine Generated Contents Note: George Gordon, Lord Byron -- Manfred -- A Note On The Text -- Manfred, A Dramatic Poem -- In Context -- The Manuscript Version Of Manfred, Act 3 -- Literary Contexts -- From John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667) -- Gothic Precursors Of The Byronic Hero -- From Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother (1768) -- From William Beckford, Vathek (1786) -- From Ann Radcliffe, The Italian (1797) -- From Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Faust: Part One (1808) -- From Caroline Lamb, Glenarvon (1817) -- From Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) -- From Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound (18 20) -- Byron's Life And Writing -- From The Corsair: A Tale (1814) -- From Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, Canto The Third (1816) -- Prometheus (1816) -- Selected Letters To Augusta Leigh -- Portraits: Byron In The 1810s -- Responses To Manfred -- Contemporary 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, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal (august 1817) -- From The Gentleman's Magazine (july 1817) -- From The Lady's Monthly Museum (august 1817) -- From The Literary Gazette (june 1817) -- From Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Uber Kunst Und Altertum (1820, Written 1817) -- Manfred On Stage -- From The London Literary Gazette And Journal Of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c. (november 1834) -- From Gilbert Abbot A Beckett, Man-fred (1834) -- Paintings Of Manfred -- From Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book For Everyone And Nobody (1883 -- 91). George Gordon, Lord Byron ; General Editors, Broadview Anthology Of British Literature: Joseph Black [and 9 Others]. Includes Bibliographical References.