Respond to Byron’s worldview In the lesson on Lord Byron, you learned that the Byronic hero does not consider himself innocent. He broods over some unidentified and seemingly unforgivable sin in his past. Considering the world a “place of agony and strife” where he must “suffer” for this sin, the defiant and tormented hero turns […]
Discuss the tension between passion and restraint in Victorian writing.
My previous mid-year essay was on Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte so this CANNOT be included in the choice of authors. Essay instructions: ENG501, Romantics & Victorians, Coursework assignment 2 Answer TWO questions, one from each section, writing 2000–2500 words in total. Each question is worth 50% of the total mark. Do not duplicate work […]
How are the principles discussed in William Wordsworth’s “Preface” to Lyrical Ballads represented in the assigned Romantic poetry selections.
How are the principles discussed in William Wordsworth’s “Preface” to Lyrical Ballads represented in the assigned Romantic poetry selections (William Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey,” Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Mont Blanc,” Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” and George Gordon, Lord Byron’s “Darkness”)? […]