Don Juan and Regency England (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter W. Graham
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Culture, Traveling or travelers, Mythology or myths, Politics, Gender roles, Literature, Religion, Poetry or poets, Emotions, England or English people, Corruption, Theater, Romanticism, Comedy
One of the pleasures of scholarship is that it enables one to look at familiar things from unfamiliar angles. In this respect, Peter W. Graham’s “Don Juan” and Regency England is scholarship at its best. In the course of his six self- contained yet interrelated essays Graham delves into some fascinating corners of the cultural history of Regency England and emerges each time with suggestive new contexts for the deeper appreciation of George Gordon, Lord Byron’s eclectic mind and art.
The framework for Graham’s inquiry is provided by the German Romantic...
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