Manfred (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lord George Gordon Byron
- First Published: 1817
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Poetic
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: Alps
- Principal Characters: Manfred, A Chamois Hunter, The Abbot of St. Maurice
- Genres: Poetry, Closet drama
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Poetry or poets, Social life, Antiheroes, England or English people, Hell, Devils or demons, Evil
- Locales: Alps
The Story:
Alone in a Gothic gallery at midnight, Manfred meditated deeply about his life. He had undergone many experiences, but none had profoundly affected him. When he called on the spirits of the universe to appear before him, none came. Three times he summoned them. At the third call, invoking a mysterious curse on Manfred’s soul, voices of the seven spirits were heard. The first voice was that of the Spirit of Air. It was then followed by the voices of the spirits of mountains, ocean, earth, winds, night, and star (all of them identified in line 132). They agree to do...
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