1st Edition

Byron's Don Juan

By Bernard Beatty Copyright 1985
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1985. What sort of poem is Don Juan, and how does it maintain its momentum through its long and often struggling narrative? These are the questions that Bernard Beatty proposes in this subtle and elegant discussion of Byron’s masterwork. The legend of Don Juan was entrenched in European literature and other arts long before it came under Byron’s hands, yet Byron’s treatment of... Read more

Preface;  1. Commandant and Commendatore  2. The Narrator’s Cantos  3. The Amorous Sphere  4. Aurora Raby;  Conclusion;  Index

Biography

Authored by Beatty, Bernard