Manfred | Criticism

George Gordon (Noel), Lord Byron
This literature criticism consists of approximately 32 pages of analysis & critique of Manfred.

Manfred | Criticism

George Gordon (Noel), Lord Byron
This literature criticism consists of approximately 32 pages of analysis & critique of Manfred.
This section contains 8,990 words
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SOURCE: Nicholson, Mervyn. “Byron and the Drama of Temptation.” Comparative Drama 25, no. 4 (winter 1991-1992): 329-50.

In the following essay, Nicholson elucidates the role of temptation in Manfred.

Ich bin der Geist, der stets verneint!

Faust, Part I

Byron is distinctive in that he thinks in actions rather than in abstract ideas. That is why he rejected system as the basis for understanding experience. Rejecting system has affected his reputation: critics, assuming significant thought is the same as systematic thought, have looked down on Byron as a kind of poetic rock star incapable of real intellection.1 But Byron's ideas are expressed in the form of actions, and actions cannot be judged by meaning or truth-content but by their quality as actions. That is, the study of Byron is the study of the logic of action.

Byron's concern with action springs directly from his world view. In that world view...

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