Manfred : an edition of byron's manuscripts and a collection of essays / by Peter Cochran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochran, Peter, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Manfred.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The play Manfred is one of Byron's most famous and influential works. It established him throughout Europe as a bold, blasphemous genius. It inspired music by Tchaikovsky and Schumann, and was admired by, and influenced, Richard Wagner, whose uncle made one of its eighteen German translations. Going back to the primary manuscripts, Peter Cochran has created a new text of Manfred, so that it can at last be read as it left Byron's pen, untouched by professional polishers, too anxious to impose a formal syntax on his fluent and spontaneous style. Cochran has - through a careful study of the original

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MANFRED""; ""MANFRED AND THOMAS TAYLOR""; ""MANFRED AND ZOROASTRIANISM""; ""MANFRED AND ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY""; ""MANFRED AND SHELLEY'S ALASTOR""; ""MANFRED AND FRANKENSTEIN""; ""MANFRED AND THE PROMETHEUS OF AESCHYLUS""; ""MANFRED AND DOCTOR FAUSTUS""; ""MANFRED AND FAUST""; ""MANFRED AND PELLICO'S FRANCESCA DA RIMINI""; ""MANFRED AND SHAKESPEARE""; ""MANFRED AND VATHEK""; ""MANFRED AND WORDSWORTH""; ""MANFRED""; ""APPENDIX 1""; ""APPENDIX 2""; ""APPENDIX 3""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7511-2

OCLC:

903318554