{"product_id":"manfred-a-broadview-anthology-of-british-literature-edition-9781554813681","title":"Manfred: A Broadview Anthology of British","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe quintessential depiction of the Byronic hero is accompanied in this edition by a substantial selection of contextual materials, including Byron’s original draft of the play’s conclusion; influences on the poem, such as \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, Goethe’s \u003cem\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVathek\u003c\/em\u003e; further examples of the Byronic hero from the poet’s other writings; a selection of contemporary reviews; and an excerpt from \u003cem\u003eMan-Fred\u003c\/em\u003e, a dramatic parody in which the protagonist is reimagined as a chimney-sweep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With its incisive introduction, expertly annotated text, and exceptional roster of contextual materials (including rarely seen manuscript draft excerpts), this Broadview \u003cem\u003eManfred\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent teaching and reading edition of one of Byron’s most influential works.” — Harriet Kramer Linkin, New Mexico State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This edition of \u003cem\u003eManfred\u003c\/em\u003e provides a teaching tool ideally suited to both undergraduate and graduate classrooms. The notes are clear and judicious, neither too many nor too few, and the introduction is a model of scholarship, offering vital information in clear prose. All in all, a welcome addition to the field.” — Emily Bernhard Jackson, University of Exeter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This edition will prove a gift to teachers and students alike interested in experiencing Byron’s dark masterpiece of ‘mental theater’ in the contexts of the Byron-Shelley circle, the Gothic, Romantic Satanism, and Prometheanism, as well as the play’s manuscript, reception, and theatrical histories. The accessible and lively introduction provides an engaging sketch of Byron’s biography and prepares the reader to encounter the radical autonomy of the Byronic hero in this dramatic poem’s exploration of isolation, incest, and irreligion.” — Dan White, University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This lucidly annotated edition of Byron’s \u003cem\u003eManfred\u003c\/em\u003e, with essential documents reflecting the play’s composition, literary antecedents, and reception, will give students just what they need to appreciate this rich and notoriously iconoclastic text.” — Alan Richardson, Boston College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eManfred\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eManfred’s\u003c\/em\u003e Original Third Act\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterary Contexts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e from John Milton, \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e (1667)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom Anne Radcliffe, \u003cem\u003eThe Italian\u003c\/em\u003e (1797)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, \u003cem\u003eFaust, Part One\u003c\/em\u003e (1808)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom Horace Walpole, \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Mother\u003c\/em\u003e (1768)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom William Beckford, \u003cem\u003eVathek\u003c\/em\u003e (1786) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Byron’s Other Writings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selected Letters to Augusta Leigh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom \u003cem\u003eThe Corsair: A Tale\u003c\/em\u003e (1814)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Prometheus” (1816)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom \u003cem\u003eChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto the Third\u003c\/em\u003e (1816) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Responses to \u003cem\u003eManfred\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Contemporary English reviews from \u003cem\u003eThe British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review\u003c\/em\u003e (July 1817)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom William Roberts, \u003cem\u003eThe British Review, and London Critical Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (August 1817)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom Francis Jeffrey, review of \u003cem\u003eManfred, The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (August 1817)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom anonymous review of \u003cem\u003eManfred, The Gentleman’s Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e (July 1817)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom anonymous review of \u003cem\u003eManfred, The Lady’s Monthly Museum\u003c\/em\u003e (August 1817)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom anonymous review of \u003cem\u003eManfred, The Literary Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e (June 1817)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, review of \u003cem\u003eManfred, Über Kunst und Altertum\u003c\/em\u003e (1820, written 1817)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom \u003cem\u003eMan-Fred\u003c\/em\u003e (1834)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom Friedrich Nietzsche, \u003cem\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody\u003c\/em\u003e (1883–91)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041313358167,"sku":"9781554813681","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781554813681.jpg?v=1750949767","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/manfred-a-broadview-anthology-of-british-literature-edition-9781554813681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}