Byron and the Eye of Appetite
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (GB) |
| ISBN-13 | 9781349183524 |
| Open Library | OL2290151W |
| Total publications | 3 |
| Coverage period | 1986 - 1986 |
| Language | EN |
Byron and the Eye of Appetite
The ‘Fever at the Core’
There may be some truth in the contention that Byron, in poems such as The Giaour and The Corsair, was producing a kind of poetry that his audience wanted.1 But much more than mere opportunism lies behind this long string of narrative poems, stretching from The Giaour through later efforts such as The Prisoner of Chillon and Parisina to Mazeppa and The Island (this last interrupted the composition of Don Juan). Clearly, Byron was fascinated by th…
‘Due Bounds’ and ‘Due Precision’
One of Byron’s most sustained flights occurs in canto VI of Don Juan, where he pursues the ramifications of his hero’s plight, disguised as a woman in a harem: on the one hand there is the innocent Dudù, with her less-than-innocent dreams as she shares a bed with Juan; on the other is the lustful Gulbeyaz, with her own thoughts about this new arrival. Byron plays off the one relationship against the other, and the canto as a whole depends for its…
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Byron and the Eye of Appetite
The ‘Fever at the Core’
There may be some truth in the contention that Byron, in poems such as The Giaour and The Corsair, was producing a kind of poetry that his audience wanted.1 But much more than mere opportunism lies behind this long string of narrative poems, stretching from The Giaour through later efforts such as The Prisoner of Chillon and Parisina to Mazeppa and The Island (this last interrupted the composition of Don Juan). Clearly, Byron was fascinated by th…
‘Due Bounds’ and ‘Due Precision’
One of Byron’s most sustained flights occurs in canto VI of Don Juan, where he pursues the ramifications of his hero’s plight, disguised as a woman in a harem: on the one hand there is the innocent Dudù, with her less-than-innocent dreams as she shares a bed with Juan; on the other is the lustful Gulbeyaz, with her own thoughts about this new arrival. Byron plays off the one relationship against the other, and the canto as a whole depends for its…